CROWN LIFE INS. CO. v. SMITH

1930120, 1930162.

657 So.2d 821 (1994)

CROWN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jack C. SMITH and Jean B. Smith. Jack C. SMITH and Jean B. Smith v. CROWN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

On Application for Rehearing January 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Carr and James W. Lampkin II of Pierce, Carr & Alford, P.C., David C. Hannan, Celia J. Collins and Tracy P. Turner of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, Mobile, for appellant/cross appellee Crown Life Ins. Co.

William M. Lyon, Jr. of McFadden, Lyon, Willoughby & Rouse, Joseph M. Brown, Jr. and Andrew T. Citrin of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder and Brown, Mobile, for appellees/cross-appellants Smith.


INGRAM, Justice.

Jack C. Smith and his wife Jean B. Smith alleged that an agent of Crown Life Insurance Company ("Crown"), Edward C. Land, converted funds from the Smiths' whole life policies issued by Crown and that Crown wantonly ratified Land's conversions after it learned of them. The Smiths sued Land; Land's corporation, Land and Associates, Inc.; and Crown, alleging conversion, wantonness, bad faith, and the tort of outrage. The trial court dismissed the action...

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