Case Title: Raybon v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Citation: 589 So. 2d 710

Docket Number: 1901257

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 1991-10-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
589 So. 2d 710 (1991)
J.G. RAYBON
v.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY.
1901257.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
October 4, 1991.
*711 Bryan G. Duhe, P.C., Mobile, for appellant.
Mark E. Spear and James Flint Liddon of Richardson, Daniell, Spear & Upton, P.C., Mobile, for appellee.
SHORES, Justice.
This case arises out of a claim involving an insurance policy. The plaintiff, J.G. Raybon, attempted to file a claim against the policy with Allstate Insurance Company, and was told that no policy was in effect at the time of the incident because his wife had canceled it approximately three months earlier. The question of whether the policy was actually canceled is still before the trial court.
The plaintiff's complaint stated three causes of action: (1) breach of contract; (2) bad faith on behalf of Allstate; and (3) fraud. The trial judge entered a summary judgment with regard to the bad faith claim, on the authority of Old Southern Life Insurance Co. v. Spann, 472 So. 2d 987 (Ala.1985), and, with regard to the fraud claim, on the authority of Watkins v. Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, 456 So. 2d 259 (Ala.1984). The judgment was made final pursuant to Rule 54(b), A.R.Civ.P. In Watkins, we stated:
456 So. 2d  at 263.
We agree with the conclusions reached by the trial court. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, ALMON, ADAMS, HOUSTON, KENNEDY and INGRAM, JJ., concur.