Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Caver
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 27, 1999No. 1981070PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Elbert Caver, the plaintiff in an action pending in the Marengo Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to set aside its order granting a motion to compel arbitration filed by the defendants Liberty National Life Insurance Company ("Liberty National") and one of its agents, Ernest Taylor.1 The writ is denied.
Caver sued Liberty National and Taylor on March 3, 1998, seeking damages based on allegations of breach of contract, fraud, and bad-faith failure to pay an insurance claim. Caver's action arose out of Liberty National's refusal to pay life insurance…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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