Legal Opinion
Lee v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 23, 1988No. 86-943Published
1Opinion of the Court
533 So.2d 185 (1988)
Walter Mayberry LEE III
v.
Donna Downey MARTIN.
86-943.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 23, 1988.
David F. Daniel and Weyman W. McCranie, Jr., of Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, Mobile, for appellant.
Barry Hess of Hess, Atchison & Horne, Mobile, for appellee.
HOUSTON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a default judgment in a personal injury action. The issues presented are 1) whether settlement negotiations between the plaintiff and the defendant's insurance adjuster before the complaint was filed constituted an "appearance" on behalf of the defendant so that he was entitled to the…
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