Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Frank Gillis, M.D. v. Joey Frazier, as of the Estate of Florine Bryant

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 1, 2014No. 1120292 and 1121205Published

1ConcurrenceShaw, Justice

(concurring in the result as to case no. 1121205 and concurring in part and dissenting in part as to case no. 1120292).

As to case no. 1121205, Part II.A of the main opinion, I concur in the result. As to case no. 1120292, I concur in part and dissent in part. Specifically, as to Part II.B.2, I concur, and as to Part II.B.l, as discussed below, I dissent.

In Part II.B.l, the main opinion overrules this Court’s recent decision in Boudreaux v. Pettaway, 108 So.3d 486 (Ala.2012), “to the extent that it [holds] that a potential bad-faith claim and/or negligent-failure-to-settle claim against a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hammond v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  2. Green Oil Co. v. HornsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  3. Foremost Ins. Co. v. ParhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  4. Bolden v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  5. Walker v. Capstone Building Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2012

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