# Nationwide Insurance Company v. Nicholas

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · June 20, 2003 · 868 So. 2d 457

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9933246

## Case

- **Full name:** Nationwide Insurance Company v. Lynette Nicholas, Individually and as the Natural Mother of Kurk L. Nicholas, Jr., a Minor.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** June 20, 2003
- **Citations:** 868 So. 2d 457; 2003 WL 21418220
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Murdock
- **Judges:** Murdock, Pittman, Yates
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

The sole issue presented to this court in the present case is whether Alabama law (namely § 32-7-23 , Ala. Code 1975) authorizes one named insured to reject uninsured-motorist coverage on behalf of another named insured; I agree with the main opinion that it does not. In so doing, however, I note (a) that the record in this case does not present to this court the different question of whether, under principles of agency, a named insured may authorize another named insured to reject uninsured-motorist coverage on his or her behalf and (b) that I am not persuaded that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Martin , 292 Ala. 103 , 289 So.2d 606 (1974), is dispositive of this different question.

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