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UNION FIDELITY LIFE INS. CO. v. McCURDY

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781 So.2d 186 (2000)

UNION FIDELITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Norman McCURDY et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Stewart of Spain & Gillon, Birmingham; Pamela A. Moore of Carr, Alford, Clausen & McDonald, L.L.C., Mobile; and Davis Carr, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Barry A. Ragsdale of Ivey & Ragsdale, Birmingham; Clatus Junkin of Junkin & Harrison, Fayette; Randolph B. Walton of Walton, Ritchie & Green, L.L.C., Mobile; and Sarah Hicks Stewart, Mobile, for Norman McCurdy.

Paul P. Bolus, Alycia K. Jastrebski, and Cathleen C. Moore of Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae American Council of Life Insurance.

Kathleen Cobb Kaufman of Carr, Alford, Clausen & McDonald, L.L.C., Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

On Application for Rehearing

LYONS, Justice.

The opinion of June 30, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company ("Union Fidelity") appeals from the trial court's award of $915,000 in attorney fees to class counsel based on a class-action settlement in a case in which the evidence indicated that an extremely small percentage of the class would eventually claim the benefits of the settlement...

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