Legal Opinion
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Ling
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 22, 1977PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The outcome of this appeal turns on whether State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company had a duty to its insured, Clyde Joseph Ling, to disclose that his personal injury claim against Crescent Transit Company, another of State Farm's insureds, was subject to the one year statute of limitations or, with intent to deceive him, did not disclose that fact.
Ling filed this action against State Farm claiming damages for fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary and confidential relationship. The action was tried on the theory that State Farm suppressed a material fact (that Ling's…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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