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EX PARTE LAWYERS SUR. CORP.

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719 So.2d 833 (1998)

Ex parte LAWYERS SURETY CORPORATION. (Re LAWYERS SURETY CORPORATION v. Steve S. WHITEHEAD and Debra S. Whitehead, as successor conservators of the estates of Christopher R. Stanton and Ashley Lynn Stanton, minors).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Druhan, Jr., and Robert B. Stewart of Johnston, Wilkins & Druhan, L.L.P., Mobile, for petitioner.

Ralph G. Holberg III of Holberg & Holberg, P.C., Mobile, for respondents.

MADDOX, Justice.

We granted certiorari review in this case primarily to review the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals, with one Judge dissenting, that the surety for a conservator was absolutely liable for conservatorship losses, even though some of those losses could have been attributable to the actions of a successor conservator. As explained below, we reverse the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals on this issue, but we affirm its decision regarding the award...

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