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STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. HOLLIS

87-808.

554 So.2d 387 (1989)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Mary Nell HOLLIS, as administratrix of the estate of Joe S. Stokes, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar M. Elliott III, Karon O. Bowdre and Norma Mungenast Lemley of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, and W. Harold Albritton III of Albrittons, Givhan & Clifton, Andalusia, for appellant.

Frank J. Tipler, Jr. and John M. Pennington of Tipler and Tipler, Andalusia, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This action for negligent or wanton failure to settle a lawsuit and wanton failure to file a supersedeas bond is based upon the defense by State Farm of a personal injury action Douglas Lee Scott filed against Joe Stokes, State Farm's insured. In that action, the jury returned a $1,000,000 verdict against Stokes, and Stokes's administratrix1 appealed to this Court, claiming that the trial court should have directed a verdict...

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