JEFFERSON COUNTY v. KELLUM

1921563.

630 So.2d 426 (1993)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama v. John W. KELLUM III, father of Brett William Kellum, a deceased minor child.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Wagner, Birmingham, for appellant.

Jack B. McNamee and J. Michael Campbell of McNamee, Snead & Campbell, Birmingham, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

On July 27, 1987, Brett William Kellum, a minor, died after the motor scooter he was operating left the road and collided with a tree. His father, John W. Kellum III, sued Jefferson County, alleging that it had negligently and/or wantonly placed signs on the roadway and had negligently and/or wantonly maintained the roadway and that its negligence and/or wantonness had proximately caused the minor's death. The jury returned a verdict for the County...

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