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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. BEAM

81-1011.

472 So.2d 619 (1985)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Debra W. BEAM, as Administratrix of the Estate of Gary M. Beam, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing May 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Allen Baker, Jr. and James A. Bradford of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Ward, Smith, Bowman & Thagard, Birmingham and Robert C. Dillon of Merrill, Porch, Doster & Dillon, Anniston, for appellant.

Ernest C. Hornsby and Steven F. Schmitt, Tallassee, and John S. Casey, Heflin, for appellee.

ALMON, Justice.

This appeal involves questions of the liability of Alabama Power Company for the death of plaintiff's decedent, Gary M. Beam. Beam, while working on the construction of Alabama Power's R.L. Harris Dam, died when a concrete pouring form pivoted and caused him to fall some 80 feet. The jury awarded $250,000 to Debra Beam, Gary's widow, as administratrix of his estate.

Alabama Power contracted with the Manhattan-Walton Joint Venture (M-W) for...

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