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CHAMPION INTERN., INC. v. TRUITT

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653 So.2d 968 (1995)

CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. Johnny Lee TRUITT and Sarah Truitt, as co-administrators of the Estate of Maybelle Biggioms, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Carr and Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, Alan C. Livingston of Lee & McInish, Dothan, for Champion Intern., Inc.

William W. Smith, Birmingham, for Johnny Lee Truitt.

MADDOX, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this case is whether the personal representative of a deceased dependentless employee, who was covered by the Workers' Compensation Act, can maintain a wrongful death action for damages against the employer under Article 2 of the Act.

Maybelle Biggioms was employed by Champion International, Inc., d/b/a Champion Paper Company ("Champion"), in Abbeville. On September 25, 1990, Biggioms was injured when she...

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