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OLD REPUBLIC INS. CO. v. LANIER

1971340.

790 So.2d 922 (2000)

OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY and Old Republic Union Insurance Company v. Tom LANIER, individually and d/b/a J.T. Lanier Agency.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Fairley McDonald III of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, for appellants.

Charles A. Dauphin and Donald R. James, Jr., of Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, for appellee.

Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Ass'n.

PER CURIAM.

Old Republic Insurance Company and Old Republic Union Insurance Company (collectively "Old Republic") appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Tom Lanier for $2,940,000 in compensatory damages, and $25 million in punitive damages. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether Lanier's action was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We conclude that it was, and we therefore reverse and remand.

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