LIFE INS. CO. OF GEORGIA v. JOHNSON

1940357.

684 So.2d 685 (1996)

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEORGIA v. Daisey L. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Carr and James W. Lampkin II of Pierce, Carr, Alford, Ledyard & Latta, P.C., Mobile, Theodore B. Olson and Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Sidney W. Jackson III and Robert J. Hedge of Jackson, Taylor & Martino, P.C., Mobile, Wyman O. Gilmore, Jr. of Gilmore & Gilmore, Grove Hill, for Appellee.

J. Fred Wood, Jr. and Terry McElheny of Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd, P.A., Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Amerex Corp.

T. Thomas Cottingham, F.A. Flowers III and Eric D. Franz of Burr & Forman, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae USX Corp.

Bert S. Nettles, Mark D. Hess and Laura E. Proctor of London & Yancey, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama.

Larry W. Harper and W. Perry Webb of Porterfield, Harper & Mills, P.A., Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Wausau Ins. Co.

Harry Cole and Terry A. Sides of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C., Montgomery, and Ken Wallis, Gordon T. Carter and H. Al Scott of Alfa Mutual Ins. Co., Montgomery, for Amici Curiae Alfa Mutual Ins. Co., Alfa Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Alfa Mutual General Ins. Co. and Alfa Life Ins. Corp.

Joseph B. Mays, Jr., Phillip J. Carroll III and Gregory B. Wormuth of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Gas Corp.

J. Mark Hart of Olschner & Hart, P.C., Birmingham, and Ollie L. Blan, Jr. of Spain & Gillon, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Ass'n.

Jack Drake of Drake & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Frederick T. Kuykendall III and Sam Heldman of Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Birmingham, David Shelby of Shelby & Cartee, Birmingham, J. Cecil Gardner of Gardner, Middlebrooks & Fleming, Mobile, and David Denny of Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, Texas, for Amicus Curiae Mary Lambreth.

Robert D. Norman of Norman, Fitzpatrick, Wood & Kendrick, Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C.

C.C. Torbert, Jr. of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, Andrew L. Frey and Evan M. Tager of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and William H. Pryor, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for Amicus Curiae the State of Alabama.


On Applications for Rehearing

SHORES, Justice.

The opinion released November 17, 1995, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor. The Court wishes to express its appreciation to counsel for the parties and to counsel for amici curiae for the excellent briefs filed in support of the applications for rehearing. The Court has been aided and persuaded by the excellent and well-reasoned arguments advanced by both the parties and the amici...

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