PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. v. STAPLES

87-1090.

551 So.2d 949 (1989)

PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY v. Sandra Radford STAPLES, as administratrix of the Estate of Mark Steven Staples, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oakley Melton, Jr. of Melton & Espy, Montgomery, and Glenn F. Manning of Watts, Salmon, Roberts, Manning & Noojin, Huntsville, and Joseph E. Conley, Jr. of Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant.

Shay Samples and James P. Rea of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham, and Gary V. Conchin of Higgs & Conchin, Huntsville, and Marcia W. Pratt, Birmingham, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff's decedent was killed in an industrial accident involving a finishing line compactor operated on the premises of his employer, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation ("Buckeye"), a separately incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Company ("P & G"). P & G appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

The case went to trial on two theories. First, plaintiff alleged that P & G negligently...

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