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TYSON FOODS, INC. v. STEVENS

1990131.

783 So.2d 804 (2000)

TYSON FOODS, INC., and Thomas R. Burnett v. Ray STEVENS and Barbara Stevens.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Rowe and David W. Spurlock of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellant Tyson Foods, Inc.

Hugh E. Holladay, Pell City, for appellant Thomas R. Burnett.

J. Hunter Phillips, Ronald W. Farley, and Derek F. Meek of Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellees.

BROWN, Justice.

Thomas R. Burnett owns a family farm in rural St. Clair County. In 1990, Burnett entered into a "Finishing Hog Agreement" with Arkansas California Livestock Company, Inc., a predecessor of Tyson Foods, Inc. ("Tyson"). The contract stated that Burnett was an independent contractor of Tyson, and it provided that he would be responsible for operating and maintaining a hog farm. Tyson would deliver young hogs...

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