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UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS LIFE INS. v. DUTTON

Nos. 1971279, 1971286, 1971693 and 1971316.

736 So.2d 564 (1999)

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jennifer D. DUTTON and John A. Dutton. General Motors Corporation v. Jennifer D. Dutton and John A. Dutton. Premier Finance Company of Birmingham, Inc. v. Jennifer D. Dutton and John A. Dutton. Ex parte Edwards Chevrolet Company, Inc. Re Jennifer D. Dutton and John A. Dutton v. Edwards Chevrolet Company, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearings Denied May 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Franklin and Wynn M. Shuford of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, for Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company.

Lee M. Pope of Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Powell, L.L.P., Birmingham, for General Motors Corporation.

Roger L. Bates, Edwin O. Rogers, and Jeffrey D. Dyess of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Birmingham, for Premier Finance Company, Inc.

Jack E. Held and Wilson F. Green of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, for Edwards Chevrolet Company, Inc.

Jeffrey C. Kirby of Pittman, Hooks, Dutton & Hollis, P.C., Birmingham, Charles E. Robinson, Jr., Ashville; Alexander M. Weisskopf, Birmingham, for Jennifer D. Dutton and John A. Dutton.

Jeffrey C. Kirby of Pittman, Hooks, Dutton & Hollis, P.C., Birmingham, for Judge Robert E. Austin.

Matthew C. McDonald and Thomas J. Woodford of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee.

HOUSTON, Justice.

John A. Dutton and his wife, Jennifer D. Dutton, sued Edwards Chevrolet Company, Inc. ("Edwards"); Steve Plummer, a salesman at Edwards; Premier Finance Company of Birmingham, Inc. ("Premier"); General Motors Corporation ("GM"); and Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company ("Universal"), seeking damages based on allegations of negligence, wantonness, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, and breach of fiduciary duties, in connection with the Duttons...

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