GALLUPS v. U.S. STEEL CORP.

Civ. 1223.

353 So.2d 1169 (1978)

Joan GALLUPS, as widow and dependent of Tommy L. Gallups, Deceased v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

January 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Martin Galese and William F. Prosch, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Robert G. Tate and T. Thomas Cottingham, Birmingham, for appellee.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of a Rule 60(b) motion, ARCP. We affirm.

The judgment sought to be set aside by a Rule 60(b) motion denied workmen's compensation benefits to Joan Gallups as the widow of the deceased employee of United States Steel Corporation. The basis for denial of benefits was that the deceased's own conduct (intoxication) was the proximate cause of his death.

The 60(b) motion was filed by counsel other than...

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