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PHILLIPS v. GEN. AMERICAN LIFE INS. CO.

1930980.

652 So.2d 1144 (1994)

Danny Grey PHILLIPS, as administrator of the Estate of Eddie Grey Phillips, deceased; and Karen Phillips Thompson, as administratrix of the Estate of Kathleen Ingram Phillips, deceased v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Parker, Mobile, for appellants.

William M. Lyon, Jr. of McFadden, Lyon & Rouse, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellee.

INGRAM, Justice.

Danny Grey Phillips and Karen Phillips Thompson filed an Ala.R.Civ.P.Rule 60(b)(6) motion to set aside a judgment dismissing an action for want of prosecution and thereby to reinstate that action. The trial court denied their motion; they appeal.

Rule 60(b)(6) is an extreme and powerful remedy that should be used only under extraordinary circumstances. Smith v. Clark, 468 So.2d 138 (Ala.1985). Relief...

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