RAGSDALE v. ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

82-1224, 83-111.

456 So.2d 54 (1984)

Jacinda Nicole RAGSDALE, a minor, wholly dependent child of Dennis Townley, deceased, who sues by her next friend and legal guardian, Joyce Victoria Ragsdale v. ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC., Mobile Aerial Towers, Inc., Prulease, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bradford Wash of Hardin & Hollis, Birmingham, for appellants.

Robert D. Hunter and Sally A. Sharp of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellee Altec Industries, Inc.

Dan H. McCrary of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Ward, Smith, Bowman & Thagard, Birmingham, for appellee Prulease, Inc.


MADDOX, Justice.

These appeals were consolidated because they arise from the alleged wrongful death of a workman covered by Workmen's Compensation. The first question presented is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the ground that a minor child, who is adopted prior to her natural father's death and is receiving no support from him at the time of his fatal injury lacked standing to sue as a "dependent" for his...

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