Sagamore Insurance Co. v. Sudduth

PITTMAN, Judge.

This appeal, transferred to this court by the Alabama Supreme Court pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-2-7(6), concerns a putative settlement of a claim for uninsured-motorist (“UM”) insurance benefits asserted by Amy Leigh Sudduth against Saga-more Insurance Company in an action filed by Sudduth in the Chambers Circuit Court.

Sudduth’s original complaint, filed in April 2008, asserted claims against two named defendants: Shirley Ann Phillips, who was the owner of a motor vehicle that allegedly had collided with an automobile that Sudduth was operating on or about January 1, 2008;…