Ricky WILLIAMS
v.
DELTA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CORPORATION, and Powermatic, a Division of DeVlieg-Bullard, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 12, 1993.
Rehearing Denied April 9, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James J. Thompson, Jr., Scott A. Powell and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellant.
Craig A. Alexander of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Sommerville, Birmingham, for appellee Delta Intern. Machinery Corp.
Warren B. Lightfoot and Adam K. Peck of Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, for appellee Powermatic, a Div. of DeVlieg-Bullard, Inc.
Joe C. Cassady, Sr. of Cassady, Fuller & Marsh, Enterprise, for amicus curiae Sessions Co., Inc.
Jack B. Hood of Crosby, Saad & Beebe, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. and Richard Eldon Davis of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for amici curiae Alabama Retail Ass'n, Alabama League of Municipalities, Ass'n of County Commissions of Alabama, Alabama Hosp. Ass'n, Alabama Road Builders' Ass'n, Inc., Home Builders Ass'n of Alabama, Alabama Cattlemen's Ass'n, Alabama Branch, Associated Gen. Contractors, Alabama Poultry & Egg Ass'n, Consulting Engineers Council of Alabama, Auto. Dealers Ass'n of Alabama, Inc., Alabama Textile Mfrs. Ass'n, Alabama Asphalt Pavement Ass'n, Alabama Propane Gas Ass'n, Alabama Coal Ass'n, Alabama Concrete Industries Ass'n, Alabama Trucking Ass'n, Alabama Nursing Home Ass'n, Alabama Farm Machinery Dealers Ass'n, Alabama Hosp. Ass'n Trust and Fund, Alabama Forestry Ass'n, Alabama Ass'n of Life Underwriters, Alabama Cast Metals Ass'n, Alabama Pharmaceutical Ass'n, Alabama Rural Elec. Ass'n of Cooperatives, Inc., Alabama Oilmen's Ass'n/Alabama Ass'n of Convenience Stores, Associated Builders & Contractors of Alabama, Inc., Alabama Hotel & Motel Ass'n, Professional Ins. Agents of Alabama, Alabama Vending Ass'n, Organization Management, Inc., Alabama Funeral Directors Ass'n, Alabama Aggregates Ass'n and Alabama Cable Television Ass'n.
W. Stancil Starnes, W. Michael Atchison, Jeffrey E. Friedman and P. Perry Finney of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for amici curiae Edge Mem. Hosp., Monroe County Hosp., South Baldwin Hosp., Southeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Vaughn Regional Medical Center, Houston County Medical Soc., Lauderdale County Medical Soc., Marion County Medical Soc., Morgan County Medical Soc., Tallapoosa County Medical Soc. and Tuscaloosa County Medical Soc.
Allen W. Howell, Montgomery, amicus curiae and attorney at law, Montgomery.
Edgar M. Elliott III, Deborah Alley Smith and Rhonda K. Pitts of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for amici curiae State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. and State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.
Jack Drake of Drake & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, and Bruce McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Ass'n.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
ON REHEARING EX MERO MOTU1
HOUSTON, Justice.
Ricky Williams was a cabinetmaker and woodworker at Madix Cabinet Shop in Goodwater, Alabama. Williams's job was to push boards across a table saw to cut grooves for drawers. On the day of his injury, Williams was pushing a board across an expandable dado blade2 on a table saw, when the board suddenly "kicked back" and Williams's left hand went into the...
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