Acceptance Ins. Co. v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[The insurer] has the burden of proof in asserting that a claim is excluded under its policy of insurance.\
• bad faith breach of duty to defend action brought by insureds: “In general, the insurer bears the burden of proving the applicability of any policy exclusion.”
• bad faith breach of duty to defend action brought by insureds: “In general, the insurer bears the burden of proving the applicability of any policy exclusion.”
• “[T]he insurer bears the burden of proving the applicability of any policy exclusion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• HARTFORD INS. v. Merchants & Farmers Bank
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2005-09-02· cited 63×
• Tanner v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-08-01· cited 60×
• Porterfield v. Audubon Indem. Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-11-22· cited 59×
• National Insurance Association v. Sockwell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-03-15· cited 45×
• James River Insurance Company v. Ultratec Special Effects Inc
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-01-13· cited 35×
• Flint Constr. Co. v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-12-30· cited 34×
• Harrelson v. R.J.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-11-07· cited 32×
• Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. Jeter
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-11-09· cited 30×
• Cook's Pest Control, Inc. v. Rebar
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-02-20· cited 28×
• Shiv-Ram, Inc. v. McCaleb
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-04-02· cited 27×
• Jones v. Alfa Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-06-13· cited 26×
• Preis v. Lexington Insurance
  S.D. Alabama· 2007-06-20· cited 22×
• Robbins v. Sanders
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-04-30· cited 20×
• James Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-05-28· cited 18×
• Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company v. St. Catherine of Sienna Parish
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-06-10· cited 17×
• St. John v. Coisman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-16· cited 16×
• Ross v. Rosen-Rager
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2010-11-24· cited 15×
• Hornady Truck Line, Inc. v. Meadows
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-08-16· cited 14×
• Tanner v. Ebbole
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2011-09-23· cited 14×
• SOUTHERN PINE ELEC. CO-OP. v. Burch
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-10-24· cited 12×

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-14· cited 874×
• Hammond v. City of Gadsden
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-07-11· cited 414×
• Green Oil Co. v. Hornsby
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-01-13· cited 337×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Slade
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 207×
• National Sav. Life Ins. Co. v. Dutton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-09-17· cited 175×
• Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-10-02· cited 153×
• Delchamps, Inc. v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-04-23· cited 147×
• EMPLOYEES'BENEFIT ASS'N v. Grissett
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-09-11· cited 97×
• Surrency v. Harbison
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-04-25· cited 88×
• US Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Armstrong
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-09-20· cited 85×
• Thomas v. Principal Financial Group
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-08-03· cited 81×
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-05-09· cited 79×
• Ladner Co., Inc. v. Southern Guaranty Ins.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-06-03· cited 77×
• Henderson v. ALABAMA a & M UNIVERSITY
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-01-24· cited 73×
• Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ryan
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-08-09· cited 64×
• Hill v. Cherry
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-01-11· cited 62×
• Gibson v. Nix
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1984-11-21· cited 59×
• LeFevre v. Westberry
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-07-26· cited 58×
• Blackburn v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-06-30· cited 48×
• American Nat. Fire Ins. Co. v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-08-06· cited 48×