WATTERS v. BUCYRUS-ERIE CO.

86-921.

537 So.2d 24 (1989)

Lily Maria WATTERS v. BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY and City of Huntsville, d/b/a Huntsville Utilities.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Shay Samples and Robert D. Word, III, of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham, for appellant.

E. Cutter Hughes, Jr., of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Huntsville, for appellees.


MADDOX, JUSTICE.

This appeal involves a claim alleging wrongful death, and the sole question is whether the trial court erred in finding that plaintiff's decedent was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. Plaintiff's decedent, George Watters, was electrocuted on March 11, 1983, while he was foreman of a crew pouring cement at a culvert on U.S. Highway 431 in Madison County. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm.

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