WATKINS v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

78-171.

376 So.2d 660 (1979)

Nell WATKINS v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Stephen Graves, of Alton & Leavell, Montgomery, for appellant.

Robert E. Parsons, of McDaniel, Hall, Parsons & Conerly, Birmingham, for appellee.


TORBERT, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves a coverage question growing out of an attorney's errors and omissions liability insurance policy.

John Marcus, a practicing attorney in the State of Alabama, represented appellant, Nell Watkins, in a personal injury action. Mrs. Watkins received a settlement in December 1975 of $100,000. Of this amount, she received $58,500 after deduction of expenses and attorney's fees.

Sometime prior to the settlement...

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