Steven Allan FIKE et al.
v.
John Earl PEACE et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 12, 2007.
Rehearing Denied March 16, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. French, Jr., and Tommy Allen French of Robert B. French, Jr., P.C., Fort Payne, for plaintiffs Steve Allen Fike et al.
S. Joshua Briskman of Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift, Birmingham, for plaintiff Jerry Westbrook, as executor of the estate of Billie Nadine Bigham.
David S. Elliott and Geoffrey S. Bald of Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, for defendant General Shale Products, LLC.
Doy Leale McCall III of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, in support of the defendants.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
STUART, Justice.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Middle Division, certified to this Court the following questions pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P.:
"1. Under Alabama law, does the mere contracting for the hauling of an oversize load make the shipper vicariously liable for the negligence of the independent contractor trucking company?"2. If there is some general liability for negligence of an independent...
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