STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO. v. EVANS

1021370.

956 So.2d 390 (2006)

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY v. W.R. EVANS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert S. Nettles, C. Dennis Hughes, and Brennan C. Ohme of London & Yancey, L.L.C., Birmingham; E. Allen Dodd, Jr., of Scruggs, Dodd, Dodd & Bazemore, Fort Payne; and John A. Chandler, John W. Bonds, Jr., Kristin B. Wilhelm, and Melanie Winskie Crowe of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellant.

Herman Watson, Jr., Rebekah Keith McKinney, C. Anthony Graffeo, and Eric J. Artrip of Watson Jimmerson Givhan Martin & McKinney, P.C., Huntsville; Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Russell Jackson Drake, and Charlene P. Ford of Whatley Drake, LLC, Birmingham; W.N. Watson of Watson, Gillis & Carver, Fort Payne; Clay Hornsby of Morris Haynes & Hornsby, Birmingham; and Theodore J. Pintar of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, San Diego, California, for appellees.


BOLIN, Justice.1

Pursuant to § 6-5-642, Ala.Code 1975, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company appeals from an order of the DeKalb Circuit Court certifying, pursuant to Rule 23(b)(3), Ala. R. Civ. P., a nationwide class of policyholders of homeowners' insurance to pursue a class action against State Farm for alleged premium overcharges.

W.R. Evans, in his individual capacity and as representative of a putative class, sued State...

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