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28 Alabama opinions name it 4 courts 1915–2014 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Ex Parte Duncan Const. Co., Inc.green2 sentences2003Twice, this Court granted the petitions and held that the trial court had exceeded the permissible limits of its discretion in separating or severing the third-party claim from the original action. 2 Palughi , 494 So.2d at 405 ; Duncan Construction , 460 So.2d at 854 . 2003As this Court stated in Duncan Construction , the record did not "support such a conclusion," and the trial court did not show that the original parties to the action would be prejudiced if the third-party claim was tried with the original action. 460 So.2d at 854 . | 3 | 4 |
Evans v. Mutual Assur., Inc.green2 sentences2014See Evans v. Mutual Assurance, Inc., 727 So. 2d 66, 67 (Ala. 1999) (stating that 'a cause of action arising out of a failure to settle a third-party claim made against the insured does not accrue unless and until the claimant obtains a final judgment in excess of the policy limits'). 2014See Evans v. Mutual Assurance, Inc., 727 So.2d 66, 67 (Ala.1999) (stating that ‘a cause of action arising out of a failure to settle a third-party claim made against the insured does not accrue unless and until the claimant obtains a final judgment in excess of the policy limits’). | 2 | 2 |
Able v. Guntergreen2 sentences2009See Walton v. Beverly Enters.-Alabama, Inc., 4 So.3d 537, 542 (Ala.Civ.App.2008) (quoting Able v. Gunter, 174 Ala. 389, 393 , 57 So. 464, 465 (1912)) (“ ‘[P]arol evidence of prior or contemporaneous verbal agreements varying or adding to the written contract is not admissible.’ ”). 2009See Walton v. Beverly Enters.-Alabama, Inc., 4 So.3d 537, 542 (Ala.Civ.App.2008) (quoting Able v. Gunter, 174 Ala. 389, 393 , 57 So. 464, 465 (1912)) (“ ‘[P]arol evidence of prior or contemporaneous verbal agreements varying or adding to the written contract is not admissible.’ ”). | 1 | 1 |
Walton v. Beverly Enterprises-Alabama, Inc.green1 sentence2009See Walton v. Beverly Enters.-Alabama, Inc., 4 So.3d 537, 542 (Ala.Civ.App.2008) (quoting Able v. Gunter, 174 Ala. 389, 393 , 57 So. 464, 465 (1912)) (“ ‘[P]arol evidence of prior or contemporaneous verbal agreements varying or adding to the written contract is not admissible.’ ”). | 1 | 1 |
Ex Parte Palughigreen2 sentences2003See Ex parte Palughi , 494 So.2d 404 (Ala. 1986); R.B. 2003Twice, this Court granted the petitions and held that the trial court had exceeded the permissible limits of its discretion in separating or severing the third-party claim from the original action. 2 Palughi , 494 So.2d at 405 ; Duncan Construction , 460 So.2d at 854 . | 1 | 1 |
Ex Parte Be&k Const. Co.green1 sentence2003Thus, where trial courts in which third-party claims have been brought make no determination concerning the proper allocation of settlement proceeds with respect to future medical expenses, or erroneously determine that no portion of a third-party recovery is allocable to such expenses, it devolves upon courts hearing employees' workers'-compensation claims, in the first instance, to rectify such errors or omissions by "fairly apportion[ing]" third-party recoveries so as to equitably determine what portions thereof are "attributable to medical (and vocational) expenses, both past and future." | 1 | 1 |
Chandler v. Owensgreen2 sentences1990Chandler v. Owens, 235 Ala. 356 , 179 So. 256, 259 (1938). 1990Chandler v. Owens, 235 Ala. 356 , 179 So. 256, 259 (1938). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Faith Properties, LLC v. First Commercial Bank
green
2 sentences2009Faith Properties, supra, and Nichols, supra. Conclusion The trial court did not have jurisdiction to accept Blakeney LLC's amended pleadings adding a cross-claim, a third-party claim, and a party. 2009Faith Properties, supra, and Nichols, supra. Conclusion The trial court did not have jurisdiction to accept Blakeney LLC’s amended pleadings adding a cross-claim, a third-party claim, and a party. | 2 | 2009–2009 |
Nichols v. Ingram Plumbing
green
2 sentences2009Faith Properties, supra, and Nichols, supra. Conclusion The trial court did not have jurisdiction to accept Blakeney LLC's amended pleadings adding a cross-claim, a third-party claim, and a party. 2009Faith Properties, supra, and Nichols, supra. Conclusion The trial court did not have jurisdiction to accept Blakeney LLC’s amended pleadings adding a cross-claim, a third-party claim, and a party. | 2 | 2009–2009 |
Davis v. State
green
2 sentences2001The first step of the test is met here because, even though C.D.C. was originally approached by his father, who had no knowledge of the undercover investigation, “a third party may claim entrapment when he has been induced to commit crime by an unsuspecting middleman.” Davis, 570 So.2d at 794 . 2001The first step of the test is met here because, even though C.D.C. was originally approached by his father, who had no knowledge of the undercover investigation, "a third party may claim entrapment when he has been induced to commit crime by an unsuspecting middleman." Davis, 570 So.2d at 794 . | 2 | 2001–2001 |
Bush v. Godard
green
2 sentences2014Bush, 286 Ala. at 373 , 240 So.2d at 124-25 . 2014Bush, 286 Ala. at 373 , 240 So.2d at 124-25 . | 1 | 2014–2014 |
Dudley v. Mesa Industries
green
2 sentences2009Id. 2009Id. | 1 | 2009–2009 |
MILLER AND MILLER CONST. CO. v. Madewell
green
1 sentence2003We concluded in Miller III that the trial court erred in finding that no portion of the employee's settlement should be attributed to future medical expenses and in denying the employer's subrogation claim on that basis; we reversed that judgment and mandated on remand that the trial court, in the words of the main opinion, "reconsider the evidence in the record regarding future medical expenses and apportion a part of the settlement as future medical expenses." 829 So.2d at 781 . 1 On remand from this court after Miller III , the trial court entered a new judgment on September 26, 2002. | 1 | 2003–2003 |
McMillon v. Hunter
green
1 sentence2000In McMillon v. Hunter , 439 So.2d 153 (Ala. 1983), this Court declined to give a preclusive effect to a prior dismissal of a third-party claim for failure to comply with the "occurrence test" set forth in Rule 14, Ala.R.Civ.P. | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Key v. Robert M. Duke Ins. Agency
green
1 sentence1999Duke Insurance Agency , 340 So.2d 781 , 783 (Ala. 1976)]. | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Pharr v. Continental Cas. Co.
green
1 sentence1996In Pharr v. Continental Casualty Co., 429 So.2d 1018 (Ala.1983), our supreme court discussed the issue of timely notice to one’s insurer. | 1 | 1996–1996 |
Shields v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
green
1 sentence1991Paul Pacific Railroad , [ 94 Wn.2d 155 ] 615 P.2d 457 (Wash. 1980); Sheilds v. Consolidated Rail Corp. , 530 F. Supp. 400 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)." We are unable to agree with the railroad's argument that the FELA does not prohibit the filing of a third-party claim such as the one dismissed by the trial judge here. | 1 | 1991–1991 |
Robert M. Cavanaugh, and Martha E. Cavanaugh v. Western Maryland Railway Company and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
green
1 sentence1991An outline of the two views of property damage counterclaims is set out in Cavanaugh v. Western Maryland R.R. , 729 F.2d 289 (4th Cir. 1984) and Stack v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. | 1 | 1991–1991 |
Stack v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co.
green
2 sentences1991Paul Pacific Railroad , [ 94 Wn.2d 155 ] 615 P.2d 457 (Wash. 1980); Sheilds v. Consolidated Rail Corp. , 530 F. Supp. 400 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)." We are unable to agree with the railroad's argument that the FELA does not prohibit the filing of a third-party claim such as the one dismissed by the trial judge here. 1991Paul Pacific Railroad , [ 94 Wn.2d 155 ] 615 P.2d 457 (Wash. 1980); Sheilds v. Consolidated Rail Corp. , 530 F. Supp. 400 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)." We are unable to agree with the railroad's argument that the FELA does not prohibit the filing of a third-party claim such as the one dismissed by the trial judge here. | 1 | 1991–1991 |
Sorrells v. United States
green
2 sentences1990In Sorrells, supra , the United States Supreme Court articulated the "origin of intent test." This test permits invocation of the entrapment defense "when the criminal design originates with the officials of the Government, and they implant in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the alleged offense and induce its commission in order that they may prosecute." Sorrells, supra , 287 U.S. at 442 , 53 S.Ct. at 212 -13 . 1990In Sorrells, supra , the United States Supreme Court articulated the "origin of intent test." This test permits invocation of the entrapment defense "when the criminal design originates with the officials of the Government, and they implant in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the alleged offense and induce its commission in order that they may prosecute." Sorrells, supra , 287 U.S. at 442 , 53 S.Ct. at 212 -13 . | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Mills v. Welk
green
1 sentence1988In Mills v. Welk , supra, this Court upheld the dismissal of a third-party claim. | 1 | 1988–1988 |
Waters v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa
green
2 sentences1981Waters v. American Casualty Insurance Co. , 261 Ala. 252 , 73 So.2d 524 (1954). 1981Waters v. American Casualty Insurance Co. , 261 Ala. 252 , 73 So.2d 524 (1954). | 1 | 1981–1981 |
Childs v. MISSISSIPPI VAL. TITLE INS. CO.
green
1 sentence1979They contend the trial court erred in its holding that Alabama law would not permit an action based on the allegations contained in Count Two—the tort of bad faith or "outrage." [1] As stated in Childs v. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co., 359 So.2d 1146 (Ala. 1978), the tort of bad faith has neither been accepted nor rejected in first-party actions in Alabama. [2] The tort has, however, been recognized in third-party actions where an insurer wrongfully refuses to settle a third-party claim within policy limits, and such refusal results in a judgment against the insured in excess of polic | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Smith
green
2 sentences1979Childs v. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co., supra; Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Smith, 280 Ala. 343 , 194 So.2d 505 (1967). 1979Childs v. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co., supra; Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Smith, 280 Ala. 343 , 194 So.2d 505 (1967). | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Ex Parte Huguley Water System
green
2 sentences1971Hoar concedes that in a previous decision, Ex parte Huguley Water System, 282 Ala. 633 , 213 So.2d 799 (1968), this court concluded that a trial court possessed the inherent right, acting within its discretion, to refuse to hear a third party claim if it “would impair unduly the exercising of the court’s powers and functions * * *.” Nevertheless, Hoar argues that in this instance the trial court was not exercising this inherent power in striking the third party complaint. 1971Hoar concedes that in a previous decision, Ex parte Huguley Water System, 282 Ala. 633 , 213 So.2d 799 (1968), this court concluded that a trial court possessed the inherent right, acting within its discretion, to refuse to hear a third party claim if it “would impair unduly the exercising of the court’s powers and functions * * *.” Nevertheless, Hoar argues that in this instance the trial court was not exercising this inherent power in striking the third party complaint. | 1 | 1971–1971 |
McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r
green
1 sentence1937Goodwyn et al. v. Baldwin et al., 59 Ala. 127 , Mr. Justice Stone reaffirmed McArthur v. Carrie’s Adm’r, 32 Ala. 75 , 70 Am.Dec. 529, and Coyle v. Wilkins et al., 57 Ala. 108 , saying that if parties allow 20 years to .elapse without taking any steps to compel a settlement, or to assert rights of property, the presumption of payment, or settlement of the disputed title, arises. | 1 | 1937–1937 |
Goodwyn v. Baldwin
neutral
1 sentence1937Goodwyn et al. v. Baldwin et al., 59 Ala. 127 , Mr. Justice Stone reaffirmed McArthur v. Carrie’s Adm’r, 32 Ala. 75 , 70 Am.Dec. 529, and Coyle v. Wilkins et al., 57 Ala. 108 , saying that if parties allow 20 years to .elapse without taking any steps to compel a settlement, or to assert rights of property, the presumption of payment, or settlement of the disputed title, arises. | 1 | 1937–1937 |
Coyle v. Wilkins
neutral
1 sentence1937Goodwyn et al. v. Baldwin et al., 59 Ala. 127 , Mr. Justice Stone reaffirmed McArthur v. Carrie’s Adm’r, 32 Ala. 75 , 70 Am.Dec. 529, and Coyle v. Wilkins et al., 57 Ala. 108 , saying that if parties allow 20 years to .elapse without taking any steps to compel a settlement, or to assert rights of property, the presumption of payment, or settlement of the disputed title, arises. | 1 | 1937–1937 |
| Sims v. State green | 1 | 1923–1923 |
| Jones v. State green | 1 | 1923–1923 |
| Fonville v. State neutral | 1 | 1923–1923 |
Redden v. State
neutral
2 sentences1923Clemmons v. State, 18 Ala. App. 650 , 94 South. 245 ; Fonville v. State, 91 Ala. 39 , 8 South. 688 ; Redden v. State, 7 Ala. App. 33 , 60 South. 992 ; Gary v. State, 18 Ala. App. 367 , 92 South. 533 ; Jones v. State, 181 Ala. 63, 78 , 61 South. 434 ; Sims v. State, 146 Ala. 109, 118 , 41 South. 413 . 1923Clemmons v. State, 18 Ala. App. 650 , 94 South. 245 ; Fonville v. State, 91 Ala. 39 , 8 South. 688 ; Redden v. State, 7 Ala. App. 33 , 60 South. 992 ; Gary v. State, 18 Ala. App. 367 , 92 South. 533 ; Jones v. State, 181 Ala. 63, 78 , 61 South. 434 ; Sims v. State, 146 Ala. 109, 118 , 41 South. 413 . | 1 | 1923–1923 |
| Gary v. State neutral | 1 | 1923–1923 |
Clemmons v. State
neutral
2 sentences1923Clemmons v. State, 18 Ala. App. 650 , 94 South. 245 ; Fonville v. State, 91 Ala. 39 , 8 South. 688 ; Redden v. State, 7 Ala. App. 33 , 60 South. 992 ; Gary v. State, 18 Ala. App. 367 , 92 South. 533 ; Jones v. State, 181 Ala. 63, 78 , 61 South. 434 ; Sims v. State, 146 Ala. 109, 118 , 41 South. 413 . 1923Clemmons v. State, 18 Ala. App. 650 , 94 South. 245 ; Fonville v. State, 91 Ala. 39 , 8 South. 688 ; Redden v. State, 7 Ala. App. 33 , 60 South. 992 ; Gary v. State, 18 Ala. App. 367 , 92 South. 533 ; Jones v. State, 181 Ala. 63, 78 , 61 South. 434 ; Sims v. State, 146 Ala. 109, 118 , 41 South. 413 . | 1 | 1923–1923 |
| Howard v. Deens green | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| Dumas v. Peoples' Bank neutral | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| Merchants National Bank v. Bales neutral | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| Ross v. American Banana Co. neutral | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| Carleton v. Kimbrough neutral | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| Hensley v. Orendorff green | 1 | 1915–1915 |
| McMillan v. Nettles neutral | 1 | 1915–1915 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.