SHELBY COUNTY COM'N v. BAILEY

87-719, 87-720.

545 So.2d 743 (1989)

SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION and Eason Mitchell, as administrator of the estate of Louie Edward Cosby, deceased v. James F. BAILEY, as father of Rebecca Ann Bailey, a deceased minor. SHELBY COUNTY COMMISSION and Eason Mitchell, as administrator of the estate of Louie Edward Cosby, deceased v. Corinne Bailey STROUD, as administratrix of the estate of Carl G. Stroud, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Martenson and Leah F. Scalise of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellants.

Alex W. Newton and Scott A. Powell of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellees.


ALMON, Justice.

James Bailey, as father of Rebecca Ann Bailey, and Corinne Bailey Stroud, as representative of the estate of Carl Stroud, respectively, filed wrongful death actions against the estate of Louie Cosby and against Cosby's employer, the Shelby County Commission ("Shelby County"). The lawsuits, consolidated for trial and on appeal, alleged that Rebecca Ann Bailey and Carl Stroud's deaths were caused by Cosby's negligence, and that Shelby County was liable...

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