AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. COOPER STEVEDORING CO.

84-697.

504 So.2d 215 (1986)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY v. COOPER STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC. and Employer's National Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Sharp and Mac B. Greaves of Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Boyd Reeves and Douglas L. Brown of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellees.


STEAGALL, Justice.

Benjamin Franklin was injured on October 13, 1978, when a stack of lumber inside a warehouse at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile fell on him. Franklin was a "checker" for Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc.1 At the time of his accident Franklin was directing the unloading of lumber from a vessel. Franklin received benefits from Cooper's insurance carrier (Employer's National Insurance Company) pursuant to the Longshoremen...

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