DEVANEY v. CONTINENTAL AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 91-7427.

989 F.2d 1154 (1993)

Gary DEVANEY, d/b/a DeVaney Logging Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; Daniel M. Speer, d/b/a Speer Holt Insurance, Defendants, Tom E. Ellis, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom E. Ellis, Kracke, Thompson & Ellis, Birmingham, AL, for appellant.

Mary A. Westbrook, Ralph M. Young, Gonce, Young & Westbrook, Florence, AL, Samuel H. Franklin, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, for defendants.

Frank H. Hawthorne, Jr., G. William Gill, McPhillips, Debardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDMONDSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.


HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Tom Ellis served as defense counsel for Continental American Insurance Company ("Continental") in a suit brought by Gary Devaney for nonpayment of a claim for damaged logging equipment. A third party defendant, Daniel Speer, d/b/a Speer-Holt Insurance Agency, ("Speer") participated in discovery but was dismissed on summary judgment prior to trial. The relationship between Continental and Devaney was highly acrimonious during...

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