Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-100 (2026)
Fraud - Right of Action Generally.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Fraud by one, accompanied with damage to the party defrauded, in all cases gives a right of action.
(Code 1907, §2468; Code 1923, §5676; Code 1940, T. 7, §107.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 48
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2023 · leading case: Tapscott v. MS Dealer Serv. Corp., 77 F.3d 1353 (11th Cir. 1996).
Tapscott v. MS Dealer Serv. Corp., 77 F.3d 1353 (11th Cir. 1996). “1995), common law and statutory fraud, Ala.Code § 6-5-100, et seq (1975), and civil conspiracy arising from the sale of “service contracts” on automobiles sold and financed in Alabama.”
Ret. Sys. of Alabama v. JP MORGAN CHASE, 285 B.R. 519 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “, the Alabama common law of aiding and abetting, the Alabama statutory and common law of fraud, including Ala.Code § 6-5-100 *522 et seq., and Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.”
Mccullar v. Univ. Underwriters Life Ins., 687 So. 2d 156 (Ala. 1996). “FRAUD Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-100 states, "Fraud by one, accompanied with damage to the party defrauded, in all cases gives a right of action.”
Mitzi Lawson v. Harris Culinary Enter., LLC, 83 So. 3d 483 (Ala. 2011). “1978); Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-100 to 6-5-104.” (emphasis added)), and Mann v.”
Parker v. Thyssen Min. Const., Inc., 428 So. 2d 615 (Ala. 1983). “1978); Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-100 to 6-5-104. From the record before us, there appears no evidence to indicate any misrepresentation by TMCI to Parker; damages alone will not support an action for fraud.”
Baker v. Travelers Ins. Co., 207 F. Supp. 3d 1246 (N.D. Ala. 2016). “Ala. Code §§ 6-5-100 to 102; 5 12-14-7(a)(1).”
At & T INF. SYS., INC. v. Cobb Pontiac-Cadillac, Inc., 553 So. 2d 529 (Ala. 1989). “See Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-100 et seq.; George v.”
Holley Equip. Co., a Corp. v. Credit All. Corp., a Corp., 821 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1987). “” One who is defrauded has a right of action under Ala. Code § 6-5-100 (1977). If the injured party can show that the opposite party had knowledge of the falsity of the representation, acted with reckless disregard as to its truth, or otherwise intended to deceive or defraud,…”
Burlington N. R. Co. v. Warren, 574 So. 2d 758 (Ala. 1990). “In defining "fraud," the trial court relied upon Alabama's statutory law of fraud, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-100, which does not require intent to defraud (i.”
Ex Parte Lovejoy, 790 So. 2d 933 (Ala. 2001). “On December 30, 1999, Lovejoy sued New South Bank and Vesta for breach of contract; conversion; breach of fiduciary duty; innocent misrepresentation; intentional misrepresentation; fraudulent suppression; deceit; fraudulent deceit; continuing misrepresentations and suppressions,…”
Ret. Sys. of Alabama v. Merrill Lynch & Co., 209 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “Code § 6-5-100 et seq., the state common law of unjust enrichment and constructive trust, and the Securities Act of 1938, specifically 15 U.”
Isaac v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 749 F. Supp. 855 (E.D. Tenn. 1990). “Ala.Code Ann. § 6-5-100 (1975). No person shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any written or oral statement misrepresenting or making misleading incomplete comparisons as to the terms, conditions or benefits contained in any policy for the purpose of inducing, or…”
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