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LAMBERT v. STATE FARM

89-1098.

576 So.2d 160 (1991)

Robert L. LAMBERT and Shelby N. Lambert v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Copeland and Gregory L. Davis of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, for appellants.

William P. Sawyer of Weiss & Sawyer, Montgomery, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal presents once again an issue that has been described as "[t]he single most important unresolved issue concerning underinsured motorist coverage"1—the right of an insured to settle with a tort-feasor, and to give the tort-feasor a complete release without getting the consent of the insured's carrier of underinsured motorist coverage to the settlement. This appeal is from a summary judgment in which the...

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