State Supreme Court / Ala.

Williams v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Decided December 19, 2003. J. Gorman Houston Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

886 So. 2d 72 · Cited 199 times

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West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 547 So. 2d 870
Bass v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF BALDWIN CTY. · 538 So. 2d 794
Hanners v. Balfour Guthrie, Inc. · 564 So. 2d 412
Wilson v. Brown · 496 So. 2d 756
National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen · 417 So. 2d 179
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Slade · 747 So. 2d 293
Harrell v. Reynolds Metals Co. · 495 So. 2d 1381
Brewer v. Woodall · 608 So. 2d 370
Aplin v. American SEC. Ins. Co. · 568 So. 2d 757

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