State Supreme Court / Ala.

National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen

Decided May 11, 1982. Samuel A. Beatty wrote the opinion for the court.

417 So. 2d 179 · Cited 229 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.

Aspinwall v. Gowens · 405 So. 2d 134
Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes · 405 So. 2d 916
Old Southern Life Insurance Company v. Woodall · 326 So. 2d 726
Sexton v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co. · 405 So. 2d 18
Old Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Woodall · 348 So. 2d 1377

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