EX PARTE ESTELLE

No. 1051720.

982 So.2d 1086 (2007)

Ex parte Kimberly ESTELLE. (In re Kimberly Estelle v. Ruthie Lee Cunningham).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Dortch III, Talladega, for petitioner.

Submitted on petitioner's brief only.


SEE, Justice.

Kimberly Estelle, the daughter of John Estelle, deceased, sued John's landlord, Ruthie Lee Cunningham, alleging fraud and undue influence, claiming that Ruthie had induced John to change the beneficiary on his life-insurance policies from Kimberly to Ruthie. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of Ruthie on the ground that a former beneficiary has no standing to sue the new beneficiary based on an allegation of undue influence. We reverse...

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