NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. SMITH

6 Div. 215.

194 So.2d 505 (1966)

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Harry M. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, McEachin, Ormond & Fulton, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

deGraffenried, deGraffenried & deGraffenried, Tuscaloosa, for appellee.


HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an excess verdict suit against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company for alleged negligence in failing to settle a suit within the limits of the casualty insurance policy issued to Joe Rice.

The evidence tends to show the Rice automobile, being driven by Harry Smith for Rice, was in a line of traffic proceeding in a northerly direction on U. S. Highway 11, near the Tuscaloosa-Bibb County line. Smith pulled out of his lane and into the...

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