# American Pioneer Life Ins. Co. v. Sandlin > Supreme Court of Alabama · April 12, 1985 · 470 So. 2d 657 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9935309 ## Case - **Full name:** American Pioneer Life Insurance Company and American Pioneer Corporation v. Fred C. Sandlin, Jr., as of the Estate of E. Kenneth Ayres - **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama - **Decided:** April 12, 1985 - **Citations:** 470 So. 2d 657 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Concurrence by Maddox - **Judges:** Almon, Maddox - **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9935309 ## Opinion text This Court's creation of the tort of bad faith, and this Court's authorization of verdicts such as the one rendered in this case, convince me again that the Legislature should address the policy ramifications on insurance companies and policyholders. As I stated in my dissent in Continental Assurance Co. v. Kountz , 461 So.2d 802 (Ala. 1984), I believe an award of extracontractual damages probably would solve what I believe to be a serious public policy problem, but my view has not been adopted by the majority of the Court, and I cannot personally see how the verdict here is more "shocking" than that upheld in Aetna v. Lavoie , 470 So.2d 1060 (Ala. 1984). I have expressed in the best language possible why I think that the majority has erred in the past, but I question whether I should continue to insist on a view which obviously is not a majority view. While I would vote to grant a remittitur in this case, I cannot conscientiously say that this verdict is more shocking than others this Court has approved. Consequently, I concur specially to express my individual view. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9935309. Public record. Not legal advice.