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· 9/2/1993

Morgan v. City of Ruleville

Citations

  • 627 So. 2d 275
  • 1993 WL 333543

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that since cause of action arose in 1987, before Presley, the trial court erred in applying the tort claims act, but instead should have applied pre- Pruett common law
  • holding that since cause of action arose in 1987, before Presley, the trial court erred in applying the tort claims act, but instead should have applied pre- Pruett common law
  • holding that since cause of action arose in 1987, before Presley, the trial court erred in applying the tort claims act, but instead should have applied pre-Pruett common law
  • holding that since cause of action arose in 1987, before Presley, the trial court erred in applying the tort claims act, but instead should have applied pre-Pruett common law
  • “[T]he MMLP operates identically to an insurance company, establishing reserves and spreading risk.... If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. MMLP waddles and quacks like an insurance company, therefore it is one.”

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Judges: Prather, P.J., and Pittman and Smith

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