ERKINS v. AMERICAN BANKERS INS. CO. OF FLORIDA

No. CV-94-N-2500-S.

866 F.Supp. 1373 (1994)

Annie E. ERKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

November 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanny S. Vines and Robert W. Shores, Emond & Vines, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiffs.

John R. Chiles, Jack E. Held, Sirote and Permutt P.C.; Michael Lester Bell, S. Douglas Williams, Jr., Warren B. Lightfoot, John P. Dulin, Lightfoot Franklin White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, James E. Robertson, Jr., Armbrecht Jackson Demouy Crowe Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, AL, Thomas H. Brown, James A. Harris, Jr., Harris & Brown P.C.; Edward P. Meyerson, Marvin L. Stewart, Jr., Rachel Jackson Moore, Najjar Denaburg P.C.; W. Percy Badham, III, John N. Bolus, Sarah E. Yates, Maynard Cooper & Gale; T. Thomas Cottingham, III, Michael L. Lucas, Robert H. Rutherford, Rik S. Tozzi, Burr & Forman; William A. Robinson, R. Carlton Smyly, Cecil H. Macoy, Jr., Cabaniss Johnston Gardner Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, Mary Grace Diehl, Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, GA, Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr., Bainbridge Mims & Rogers; Joseph B. Mays, Jr., Andrew J. Noble, III, Bradley Arant Rose & White; M. Keith Gann, Nancy S. Akel, Huie Fernambucq & Stewart; James C. Huckaby, Jr., R. Scott Williams, Carter Hurd Dukes, Haskell Slaughter Young & Johnston; and John W. Clark, Jr., Clark & Scott, Birmingham, AL, for defendants.


ORDER

EDWIN L. NELSON, District Judge.

The court has for consideration the plaintiffs' motion to "Vacate Stay of State-Court Proceedings as to Non-removed Defendants" which was filed on October 24, 1994. The proceedings which bring us to this matter may be briefly summarized. The plaintiffs, alleging various state-law claims based upon one or more of Alabama's multitudinous varieties of fraud and the so-called "Mini Code," Ala.Code, §§ 5...

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