AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE COMPANY v. ROUSH

1990952.

793 So.2d 726 (2000)

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE COMPANY and American Commercial Barge Line LLC v. Allen Chase ROUSH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. McCarthy and Karen Pailette Turner of McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellants.

James B. Newman of Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, Mobile, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The plaintiffs American Commercial Barge Line Company and American Commercial Barge Line LLC (hereinafter jointly referred to as "ACBL") sued Allen Chase Roush for indemnification for "maintenance" and "cure" payments ACBL had made to its employee Roy Hester. ACBL made those payments to Hester because Hester, who had been a passenger in an automobile driven by Roush, was injured in an accident while en route to his vessel. Roush moved to dismiss the...

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