STANDARD FIRE INS. CO. v. KNOWLES

Case No.: 2:14-CV-2102-VEH.

129 F.Supp.3d 1271 (2015)

The STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Jeffrey A. KNOWLES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

Signed September 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Isenberg , Candace L. Hudson , Seth T. Hunter , Ely & Isenberg LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff.

William M. Acker, III , Benjamin S. Goldman , Mark T. Waggoner , Hand Arendall LLC, Richard E. O'Neal , U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. , Rushton Stakely Johnston & Garrett PA, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This case presents the question of whether attorney's fees claimed pursuant to the Alabama attorney lien statute, or as part of the so-called "common fund" doctrine, trump the claim of a mortgagee, where the funds against which the claim is made are insurance...

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