North Alabama Electric Cooperative v. New Hope Telephone Cooperative

MURDOCK, Justice.

North Alabama Electric Cooperative (“NAEC”) and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (“St. Paul”) appeal from a partial summary judgment entered in favor of New Hope Telephone Cooperative (“New Hope”) regarding a common-law indemnity claim stemming from a wrongful-death action filed against the above parties by the estate of J.C. Phillips (“the Phillips estate”). We dismiss the appeal.

I. Background

On June 29, 2004, Danny Phillips, as personal representative of the Phillips estate, filed a wrongful-death action against NAEC, New Hope, and others. The complaint alleged…