AMERICAN AUTO. INS. CO. v. McDONALD

1991727 and 1991729.

812 So.2d 309 (2001)

AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Eddie McDONALD. Enterprise Leasing Company— South Central v. Eddie McDonald.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen Johnson Alford and Paul V. Lagarde of Carr, Alford, Clausen & Mc-Donald, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellant American Automobile Insurance Company.

Michael A. Kahn and James Goldberg of Folger, Levin & Kahn, L.L.P., San Francisco, California; and C. Lee Reeves of Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, for appellant Enterprise Leasing Company—South Central, Inc.

Steven L. Nicholas and Michael A. Youngpeter of Olen, Nicholas & Copeland, P.C., Mobile, for appellee.

D. Frank Davis and Joseph W. Letzer of Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae National Car Rental Systems, Inc., in support of the appellants.

Fournier J. Gale III and Jarred O. Taylor II of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae The Hertz Corporation, in support of the appellants.

Eddie Leitman and Lynn Stephens O'Neal of Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc., in support of the appellants.

Joseph D. Steadman of Sims, Graddick & Dodson, P.C., Mobile, and Warren C. Herlong, Jr., of Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, P.C., Mobile, for amicus curiae Avis Rent A Car System, Inc., in support of the appellants.

John E. Goodman and Matthew H. Lembke of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., in support of the appellants.

Peter H. Burke and Joe R. Whatley, Jr., of Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham; Kenneth Ingram, Jr., of Kenneth Ingram, Jr. & Associates, P.C., Alexander City; and Larry Morris of Morris, Haynes & Hornsby, Alexander City, for amici curiae Shannon Leonard and Theresa Moore, in support of the appellee.


STUART, Justice.

Eddie McDonald, purporting to represent a class of individuals who in the past six years had rented a vehicle from Enterprise Leasing Company—South Central d/b/a Enterprise Rent-A-Car—South Central ("Enterprise"), sued Enterprise and American Automobile Insurance Company ("AAIC"), stating claims based on theories of restitution and equitable rescission and seeking a declaratory judgment.

On October 7, 1999, when McDonald rented...

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