MERRITT v. COSBY

89-1459.

578 So.2d 1242 (1991)

Joanne Bullard MERRITT, as Administratrix of the Estate of Bennett Franklin Bullard, Deceased v. Willie COSBY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy L. Dillard and Steven K. Goozee of Dillard and Ferguson, Birmingham, for appellant.

De Martenson and Prisca DeLeonardo of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee.


SHORES, Justice.

The plaintiff, Joanne Bullard Merritt (as administratrix of the estate of her deceased father, Bennett Franklin Bullard), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Willie Cosby, a co-worker of Bullard's. Merritt brought a wrongful death action pursuant to Ala.Code (1975), § 25-5-11 (part of the Alabama Workmen's Compensation Act). We affirm.

On July 23, 1987, Bullard was an employee of SONAT, Inc., and on that day, while...

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