EX PARTE STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY CO.

1981136.

764 So.2d 543 (2000)

Ex parte STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY. (Re: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Scott Hannig and Staci Hannig).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Micheal S. Jackson and Roderick N. Nelson of Beers, Anderson, Jackson, Nelson, Hughes & Patty, P.C., Montgomery, for petitioner.

Michael K. Beard of Rives & Peterson, P.C., Birmingham, for respondents.

Albert L. Jordan and Kimberly R. West of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, in support of the petitioner.


MADDOX, Justice.

This case involves a subrogation claim filed by an insurer against alleged tortfeasors to recover amounts it had paid to its insured. This Court granted certiorari review specifically to re-examine the rule that an insurer that has paid claims of its insured has no subrogation rights against a tortfeasor who harmed the insured until the insured is "made whole." That rule was established in Powell v. Blue...

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