Legal Opinion

Simmons v. Congress Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 11, 2000No. 1980570PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYONS, Justice.

The plaintiff Laura A. Simmons appealed to this Court from summary judgments in favor of Congress Life Insurance Company (“Congress”) and Insurers Administrative Corporation (“IAC”) on her claims alleging bad-faith refusal to pay, or to investigate, certain health-insurance claims. She also appealed from a partial summary judgment in favor of Congress and IAC on her claim alleging breach of the insurance contract. Congress and IAC cross-appealed from the trial court’s denial of their motion to “reform” the insurance contract. We transferred the appeals to the Court of Civil…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  2. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. SladeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
  3. Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  4. EMPLOYEES'BENEFIT ASS'N v. GrissettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  5. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. LavoieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mutual Service Casualty Insurance v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. Johnston v. Companion Property & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  3. Pyun v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2011
  4. Alabama Gas Corp. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 2013
  5. Chaney v. Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2022

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