ALFA LIFE INS. CORP. v. JOHNSON

1000348.

822 So.2d 400 (2001)

ALFA LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION v. Pauline JOHNSON and Earlene Winters.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Bradford, Jr., and Paul A. Clark of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C., Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. McCallum III of Campbell, Waller, McCallum & Loper, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Robert G. Methvin, Jr., and James M. Terrell of McCallum & Methvin, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.

Stephen W. Still and Lorrie L. Hargrove of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Association of Alabama Life Insurance Companies.


WOODALL, Justice.

The trial court entered an order on October 11, 2000, certifying this case as a class action pursuant to Rule 23(b)(3), Ala. R. Civ. P. The defendant, Alfa Life Insurance Corporation ("Alfa"), appeals pursuant to § 6-5-642, Ala.Code 1975. We vacate the trial court's class-certification order and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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Pauline Johnson and Earlene Winters (hereinafter together...

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