BOHANNON v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Nos. 86-8432 to 86-8434, 86-8521 and 86-8593.

824 F.2d 950 (1987)

Brenda J. BOHANNON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. W.B. DAVIS, Jr., and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGIA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Mrs. Rosetta PRESCOTT, and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Claude and Theresa NIX, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Lester C. MAY, Jr., and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY Travelers Indemnity Company and Phoenix Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Reid, Ricky Charles Silver, Nill V. Toulm, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant in No. 86-8432.

John B. Long, Nixon, Yow, Waller & Capers, Augusta, Ga., Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Gambrell, Clarke, Anderson & Stolz, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 86-8432.

Morton G. Forbes, Birney Bull, Savannah, Ga., Nill V. Toulm, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant in No. 86-8433.

G. Brinson Williams, Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 86-8433.

Stanley M. Karsman, Kenneth L. Royal, Savannah, Ga., Nill Toulm, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant in No. 86-8434.

John B. Long, Nixon, Yow, Waller & Capers, Larry I. Smith, Paine, Dalis, Smith & McElreath, Augusta, Ga., Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Gambrel, Clark, Anderson, Stolz, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 86-8434.

David R. Aufdenspring, Dean S. Daskal, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant in No. 86-8521.

David F. Walbert, Walbert & Hermann, Kenneth Behrman, Rand & Exor, P.C., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 86-8521.

Oliver B. Dickins, Jr., Bryan F. Dorsey, Nill V. Toulm, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellants in No. 86-8593.

John B. Long, Nixon, Yow, Waller & Capers, Larry I. Smith, Augusta, Ga., James M. Thompson, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees in No. 86-8593.

Before HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

We have before us five cases, in which five insurance companies are challenging a federal district court's certification of a class of its insureds. In each case the plaintiffs are attempting to retrieve proceeds which they claim their insurers received pursuant to the exercise of unauthorized subrogation of their insured's claims against third parties. Each case presents substantially the same issue; therefore, we have consolidated them for decision...

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