AENTA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. MITCHELL BROS. INC.

1980950.

814 So.2d 191 (2001)

The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY et al. v. MITCHELL BROTHERS, INC., d/b/a MBI, and Abraham Mitchell.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Dissenting Opinion on Overruling of Rehearing September 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Gray of Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee; Carol Ann Smith and Susan C. Haygood of Smith & Ely, L.L.P., Birmingham; and Charles J. Fleming of Gardner, Middle-brooks & Fleming, P.C., Mobile, for appellants.

Joseph D. Steadman of Sims, Graddick & Dodson, Mobile; W. Lloyd Copeland, Mobile; and Mack B. Binion of Briskman & Binion, P.C., Mobile, for appellees.

William J. Baxley and Joel E. Dillard of Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Insurance Association of America.

Mark D. Hess of London & Yancey, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.


WOODALL, Justice.

Aetna Casualty and Surety Company1 appeals from a bench trial in a declaratory judgment action involving an insurance coverage dispute between Aetna and its insureds, Abraham Mitchell and Mitchell Brothers, Inc. ("MBI"). The dispute concerns coverage under Aetna commercial general liability policies for two racial discrimination lawsuits: 1) a class action filed against MBI (the Lowman suit2<...

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