State Supreme Court / Ala.

Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes

Decided October 2, 1981. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

405 So. 2d 916 · Cited 153 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. Woodall · 326 So. 2d 726
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
Mid-State Homes, Inc. v. Johnson · 311 So. 2d 312
Life Insurance Company of Georgia v. Miller · 296 So. 2d 900
Ray Hughes Chevrolet, Inc. v. Gordon · 320 So. 2d 652
Barnes v. Atlantic & Pacific Life Insurance Co. of America · 325 So. 2d 143
American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon · 394 So. 2d 361
Old Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Woodall · 348 So. 2d 1377
Escambia Treating Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 421 F. Supp. 1367
Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Smith · 356 So. 2d 646
Michael v. National Security Fire & Casualty Co. · 458 F. Supp. 128

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