Legal Opinion
Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Government Employees Insurance
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 5, 1970No. 4 Div. 331PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Justice.
An insurer appeals from a decree in equity declaring that the insurer has the primary duty to defend Joseph S. Szczepanski (herein sometimes referred to as the driver) in four actions at law brought against him. In two of the actions, one Debbie Newsome is also a defendant. The plaintiffs in the actions seek to recover for damages allegedly resulting from the collision of two automobiles. Szczepanski was driving one of the automobiles which was a Corvair.
We reverse and hold that the appellant insurer is not liable to defend the driver in said actions.
The driver commenced the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Hinton v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Central Mutual Insurance Co. v. RoyalSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Chatfield v. Farm Bureau Mut. Auto. Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Bradford v. SargentCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Estate of SimmonsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Billups v. Ala. Farm Bur. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. v. SmallSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Royal Indemnity Company v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. MattisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
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