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CAMPBELL v. CUTLER HAMMER, INC.

1921691.

646 So.2d 573 (1994)

James E. CAMPBELL and Highlands Insurance Company v. CUTLER HAMMER, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Drake of Drake & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, Gary Aldridge and Kevin J. Hawkins of Aldridge & Hawkins, Birmingham, for appellants.

H. Thomas Wells, Jr. of Maynard, Cooper, Fierson & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, and R. Benjamine Reid and Wendy F. Lumish of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Miami, FL, for Eaton Corp.

Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for Alabama Trial Lawyers Ass'n (in support of appellants), for amicus curiae.

HOUSTON, Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 996 F.2d 1164, has certified the following question to this Court (we have slightly modified the question):

"Does contributory negligence bar recovery in an [Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine ("AEMLD")] case if a proximate cause of the accident was the unreasonably dangerous condition of the product, but a contributing proximate...

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