Legal Opinion
J.S. Walton and Co. v. Reeves
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 25, 1981No. Civ. 2364PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a workmen's compensation case.
The evidence reveals the following pertinent facts. Thomas E. Reeves was employed by J.S. Walton and Company as a carpenter-foreman and had been so employed for a number of years. He has an eighth grade education and no skills other than as a carpenter and carpenters' foreman. These occupations have been his principal employment since adulthood. He was sixty years old at trial time.
On July 6, 1978, while standing in an excavation hole on a highway project being constructed by Walton and Company, Reeves was pinned to one bank of the hole by a front-end…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Den-Tal-Eze Mfg. Co. v. GosaCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Scott v. Alabama MacHinery and Supply Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Hill v. JP Stevens & Co., Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Horton v. DeLoachSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
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