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COLEMAN v. STEEL CITY CRANE RENTALS

83-744, 83-785.

475 So.2d 498 (1985)

Evan D. COLEMAN v. STEEL CITY CRANE RENTALS, INC., and Steel City Erection Company, Inc. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. Evan D. COLEMAN; Steel City Erection Company, Inc.; Steel City Crane Rentals, Inc.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence M. Small, Jr. of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellant Evan D. Coleman (83-744).

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. and Joseph B. Mays, Jr. of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for appellant Illinois Central Gulf RR Co. (83-785).

Jack B. Porterfield, Jr., Larry W. Harper & Stanley K. Smith of Porterfield, Scholl, Bainbridge, Mims & Harper, Birmingham, for appellees Steel City Crane Rentals & Steel City Erection Co. (83-744 & 83-785).

Clarence M. Small, Jr. of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellee Evan D. Coleman (83-785).

BEATTY, Justice.

These are appeals by defendant Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG) and plaintiff Evan Coleman from jury verdicts against ICG and in favor of defendants Steel City Erection Company, Inc., and Steel City Crane Rentals, Inc. The lawsuit resulted when plaintiff was injured by a tree limb broken off by a crane owned by the Steel City defendants and leased to ICG to clear the wreckage of a train derailment. We affirm.

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