EX PARTE WILSON

81-26.

414 So.2d 963 (1982)

Ex parte Sarah Frances WILSON. (re Sarah Frances WILSON, et al. v. CENTRAL FOUNDRY COMPANY, et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Owens of Phelps, Owens, Jenkins, Gibson & Fowler, Tuscaloosa, for petitioner.

William J. Donald and Herschel T. Hamner, Jr. of Zeanah, Donald & Hust, Tuscaloosa, for respondents.


SHORES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case because it directly raises an issue of first impression never decided by this Court, viz.:

Is a provision in a policy providing workmen's compensation which allows a direct action on the policy by the injured employee valid? Or, stated differently, does any provision of the Workmen's Compensation Act invalidate a contractual provision allowing a direct action? We hold that the contractual provision is valid...

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