HAIRSTON v. LIBERTY NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

89-1578.

584 So.2d 807 (1991)

Maggie J. HAIRSTON, a/k/a Maggie J. Lewis v. LIBERTY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Fullan of Fullan & Fullan, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles D. Stewart and Pamela F. Colbert of Spain, Gillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles, Birmingham, for appellee.


ALMON, Justice.

Maggie J. Hairston appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, in an action alleging breach of contract and bad faith failure to pay an insurance claim. The question presented is whether the trial court erred in holding that, as a matter of law, the death of Ms. Hairston's ex-husband, James L. Hairston, by acute ethanol poisoning, was not "accidental" within the terms of the insurance...

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