Legal Opinion
Bettis v. Thornton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 2, 1995No. 1940218PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendants in a lawsuit arising out of an automobile accident in Mobile.
On March 22, 1992, Greg Bettis was travelling west on Springhill Avenue in Mobile, when his motor vehicle was struck from behind by a motor vehicle driven by Alma Jean Thornton. He sustained injury in the collision. Bettis sued Thornton, alleging negligence. He later added Northland Insurance Company, his insurance carrier, as a codefendant, after Thornton testified in deposition that the driver of a third "phantom vehicle" may have caused the accident. Northland…
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- Stover v. Alabama Farm Bureau Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Kirksey v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Friedlander v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
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