DOMINICK v. DIXIE NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

Nos. 85-7140, 85-7204, 85-7457 to 85-7464, 85-7467 to 85-7469, 85-7471 to 85-7479 and 85-7506.

809 F.2d 1559 (1987)

William Aubrey DOMINICK, Jr., et al. Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Robert Lyle FUNDABURK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Robert E. JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., a corporation, Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a corporation, and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Carlton S. & Chrystle BONE, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama; and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. Jerry Lee FOWLER, Plaintiffs-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Russell Jeffrey PINYAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Milton L. Culver, Defendants-Appellees. Gilmer R. and Hilda E. GODFREY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Robert Kermit PINYAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Julian D. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PRESIDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation; Union Central Life Insurance Company, a corporation; Milton L. Culver, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Mary M. HUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PRESIDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation; Union Central Life Insurance Company, a corporation; Milton L. Culver, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Hubert A. GRISSOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendant-Cross-claim Plaintiff-Appellee. Hoyt A. PONDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Lincoln National Sales Corp. of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees. Garry Aaron WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Warren N. COOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Burton BURDICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., a corporation; Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a corporation; and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Fred M. TUCKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Lincoln National Sales Corp. of Central Alabama & the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. James W. SPENCER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., a corporation; Lincoln National Sales Corporation of Central Alabama, a corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John HAVEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE Co., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Allen Daniel WASHBURN & Mozelle Washburn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellee. Barry W. McCOWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Eugene A. POLK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Wilford R. HITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIXIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Oscar Lee NICHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ATLANTIC AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Sharp, Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, Joel A. Williams, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Gusty Yearout, Deborah Braden, Birmingham, Ala., for Wade Farmer.

William A. Robinson, Birmingham, Ala., for Dixie Nat. Life Ins. Co.

James E. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for Atlantic American Ins. Co.

John B. Tally, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Union Cent. Life Ins. Co.

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


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

These twenty-three consolidated cases, each alleging fraud, come to us from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants. In some of the cases, Alabama's one-year statute of limitations for actions for fraud was the basis for summary judgment. In others, it was a release signed by the appellants; We must examine each case individually, since the propriety of summary judgment depends on the particular facts and circumstances...

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