AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH v. SMITH

1141100, 1141101, 1150055, and 1150156.

217 So.3d 816 (2016)

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, INC., and James L. Davis v. Kurtrina SMITH. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company v. Kurtrina Smith. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company v. Rickey Levins. African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc., and James L. Davis v. Rickey Levins.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc James Ayers , Jason A. Walters , and Ambria L. Lankford of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, for appellant Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.

Tom L. Larkin of The Larkin Law Firm, P.C., Birmingham, for appellants African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc., and James L. Davis.

Leah O. Taylor and Rhonda P. Chambers of Taylor & Taylor, Birmingham, for appellees.


Kurtrina Smith and Rickey Levins separately initiated actions against the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. ("the AME Church"); James L. Davis, bishop and presiding officer of the AME Church's Ninth Episcopal District (Davis and the AME Church are hereinafter referred to collectively as "the Ninth District");

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