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Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 14, 2003No. 1020057PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Liberty National Life Insurance Company ("Liberty National") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Clarke Circuit Court to permit Liberty National to amend its answer to the complaint filed against it by Thomas Deas. Liberty National seeks to add as an affirmative defense Alabama's 20-year rule of repose and contends that until our recent clarification of the rule of repose in Ex parte Liberty National LifeInsurance Co., 825 So.2d 758 (Ala. 2002),1 Liberty National was justified in not asserting the rule as an affirmative defense and that it should have been allowed to amend its…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2002
  2. Rector v. Better Houses, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2001
  3. Stead v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  4. Bracy v. Sippial Elec. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  5. Robinson v. MorseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. AMER. GEN. LIFE AND ACC. INS. v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  2. Regions Bank v. ReedSupreme Court of Alabama · 2010
  3. Blackmon v. Nexity Financial Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  4. Ex Parte Fort James Operating Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2004
  5. McGhee v. MartinCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2004

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