ATTORNEYS INSURANCE MUTUAL OF ALABAMA, INC.
v.
SMITH, BLOCKER & LOWTHER, P.C.
SMITH, BLOCKER & LOWTHER, P.C.
v.
ATTORNEYS INSURANCE MUTUAL OF ALABAMA, INC.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 2, 1996.
Rehearing Dismissed July 3, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael L. Edwards and R. Bruce Barze, Jr., of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, for appellant/cross appellee Attorneys Insurance Mutual of Alabama, Inc.
Frank M. Bainbridge and Alfred F. Smith, Jr., of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, Birmingham, for appellee/cross appellant Smith, Blocker & Lowther, P.C.
Michael L. Edwards and R. Bruce Barze, Jr., of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham; and Broox G. Holmes of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellant/cross appellee Attorneys Insurance Mutual of Alabama, Inc., on rehearing.
Frank M. Bainbridge and Alfred F. Smith, Jr., of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, Birmingham, for appellee/cross appellant Smith, Blocker & Lowther, P.C., on rehearing.
Bibb Allen and Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, P.C., Birmingham, for DPIC Companies, amicus curiae, on rehearing.
Elizabeth Golson McGlaughn for the firm of Inzer, Stivender, Haney & Johnson, P.A., Gadsden, amicus, on rehearing.
Patrick W. Richardson, amicus, of Bell Richardson, P.A., Huntsville, on rehearing.
Joseph C. Espy III of Melton, Espy, Williams & Hayes, P.C., Montgomery; and R. Joseph DeBriyn and Harry W.R. Chamberlain II of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for amici National Ass'n of Bar-Related Insurance Companies, American Insurance Ass'n and Reliance National Insurance Company, on rehearing.
Joe C. Cassidy, Sr. and R. Rainer Cotter III, for the firm of Cassidy, Fuller & March, Enterprise, amicus.
Ollie L. Blan, Jr., amicus, Birmingham, on rehearing.
George M. Higginbotham, amicus, Bessemer, on rehearing.
William J. Donald, Jr., amicus, of Donald, Randall, Donald & Tipton, Tuscaloosa, on rehearing.
James R. Knight, Stephen K. Griffith, S. Lynn Marie McKenzie, Jason P. Knight, and D. Todd McLeroy for the firm of Knight & Griffith, Cullman, amicus, on rehearing.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
INGRAM, Justice.
Smith, Blocker & Lowther, P.C. ("Smith, Blocker"), sued Attorneys Insurance Mutual of Alabama, Inc. ("Attorneys Mutual"), its professional liability insurance carrier, seeking a judgment declaring that Attorneys Mutual had a duty to defend and indemnify it in regard to a malpractice claim. Smith, Blocker also sought damages, alleging that Attorneys Mutual had in bad faith refused to provide coverage...
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