NORTHEAST UTILITIES v. PITTMAN TRUCKING

1901354.

595 So.2d 1351 (1992)

NORTHEAST UTILITIES, INC. v. PITTMAN TRUCKING COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Richardson, James H. Richardson and M. Frank Tatom II of Bell Richardson, P.A., Huntsville, for appellant.

R. Ben Hogan III and Richard D. Stratton of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

This is a choice of laws case. The issue presented is whether an out-of-state employer is entitled to the proceeds of an in-state wrongful death action against a third-party tort-feasor.

Daniel C. Bradley, an employee of Northeast Utilities, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, and a covered employee under Connecticut's Workers' Compensation statute, was fatally injured by a Pittman Trucking Company dump truck driven by Jeffrey Pittman. The incident...

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