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Casualty Indem. Exchange v. Yother
Supreme Court of Alabama (1983) | 439 So. 2d 77; 1983 Ala. LEXIS 4792
TL;DR: An insurer and insured disputed a stolen truck's value. The court voided the resulting appraisal award because the process, which denied the insured notice and a hearing, was fundamentally unfair, regardless of whether it was formally labeled an "appraisal" or "arbitration."
Legal Significance: Establishes that even an appraisal process, distinct from formal arbitration, requires fundamental fairness, including notice and an opportunity to be heard when a party requests it, especially when appraisers lack personal knowledge and must rely on external information to determine value.