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reasonable expectation doctrine in Alabama

6 Alabama opinions name it 1 courts 1991–2007 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.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Millar v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.green
arizctapp · 1990 · cited in 3 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1999–2007
2 sentences

2007Co. , 167 Ariz. 93 , 97 , 804 P.2d 822 , 826-27 (Ct.App. 1990), review denied , 168 Ariz. 144 , 811 P.2d 1081 (Ariz. 1991) ('If . . . all that was required to defeat the operation of a policy exclusion under the reasonable expectation doctrine was a provision attempting to qualify or limit the scope of policy coverage, then every policy exclusion *Page 715 would be invalid as contrary to the insured's reasonable expectation of coverage.').

2007Co. , 167 Ariz. 93 , 97 , 804 P.2d 822 , 826-27 (Ct.App. 1990), review denied , 168 Ariz. 144 , 811 P.2d 1081 (Ariz. 1991) ('If . . . all that was required to defeat the operation of a policy exclusion under the reasonable expectation doctrine was a provision attempting to qualify or limit the scope of policy coverage, then every policy exclusion *Page 715 would be invalid as contrary to the insured's reasonable expectation of coverage.').

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State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Sladegreen
ala · 1999 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2005–2005
1 sentence

2005State Farm , 747 So.2d at 312 (noting that other jurisdictions limit the reasonable-expectation doctrine to ambiguous insurance policy provisions and stating that such a limitation is necessary to curtail the potential of the court's substituting its own equitable terms for unambiguous terms in an insurance contract).

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Casrell v. Altec Industries, Inc.green
ala · 1976 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1991–1991
1 sentence

1991See Casrell v. Altec Industries, Inc. , 335 So.2d 128 (Ala. 1976).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Millar v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. neutral
ariz · 1991
2 sentences

2007Co. , 167 Ariz. 93 , 97 , 804 P.2d 822 , 826-27 (Ct.App. 1990), review denied , 168 Ariz. 144 , 811 P.2d 1081 (Ariz. 1991) ('If . . . all that was required to defeat the operation of a policy exclusion under the reasonable expectation doctrine was a provision attempting to qualify or limit the scope of policy coverage, then every policy exclusion *Page 715 would be invalid as contrary to the insured's reasonable expectation of coverage.').

2007Co. , 167 Ariz. 93 , 97 , 804 P.2d 822 , 826-27 (Ct.App. 1990), review denied , 168 Ariz. 144 , 811 P.2d 1081 (Ariz. 1991) ('If . . . all that was required to defeat the operation of a policy exclusion under the reasonable expectation doctrine was a provision attempting to qualify or limit the scope of policy coverage, then every policy exclusion *Page 715 would be invalid as contrary to the insured's reasonable expectation of coverage.').

31999–2007
Hines v. Riverside Chevrolet-Olds, Inc. green
ala · 1995
2 sentences

1995The duty imposed by our tort law is not to sell a product as a "new" product "when it has been previously sold or has been so damaged or altered that a reasonable person would not consider it a 'new' product, in accordance with reasonable expectations." Hines , supra, 655 So.2d at 923 .

1995The duty imposed by our tort law is not to sell a product as a "new" product "when it has been previously sold or has been so damaged or altered that a reasonable person would not consider it a 'new' product, in accordance with reasonable expectations." Hines , supra, 655 So.2d at 923 .

11995–1995
Ex Parte Morrison's Cafeteria of Montgomery, Inc. green
ala · 1983
1 sentence

1991This Court, in Morrison's , found that the adoption of the reasonable expectation test was compatible with both the AEMLD and the implied warranty of merchantability, because "[t]he terms 'defect,' 'unreasonably dangerous,' and 'merchantable' all focus on the expectations of the ordinary consumer, possessed of the ordinary knowledge common to the community." 431 So.2d at 978 .

11991–1991

Where else courts name it

CA 13 (1966–2016) MN 9 (1985–2015) IL 9 (1985–2012) AZ 8 (1978–2021) OH 7 (2000–2025) WA 7 (1996–2024) NJ 7 (1982–2019) AL 6 (1991–2007) AK 3 (1996–2025) PA 3 (1986–2024) MO 3 (1982–2013) MI 3 (1988–2014) IA 3 (1981–2016) WI 2 (2016–2023) ND 2 (1988–2002) MA 2 (1984–2019) NE 2 (2017–2025) KY 2 (2023–2024) FL 2 (1996–2017) DC 2 (1971–2021) CO 2 (1999–2005) NY 2 (1979–2006) DE 2 (2016–2019) OK 2 (1996–2009) LA 2 (1998–2007)

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.

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