Legal Opinion
Union Fidelity Life Ins. Co. v. McCurdy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 22, 2000No. 1981387PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
The opinion of June 30, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.
Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company ("Union Fidelity") appeals from the trial court's award of $915,000 in attorney fees to class counsel based on a class-action settlement in a case in which the evidence indicated that an extremely small percentage of the class would eventually claim the benefits of the settlement.
In January 1996, Norman McCurdy, individually and on behalf of a class of all persons similarly situated, sued Union Fidelity and others,1 alleging fraud in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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