Ex Parte Brown & Root, Inc.

Jeanette Brown sued Brown Root, Inc., to recover benefits under the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act, after her husband, Carl M. Brown, died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm while attending a safety meeting at his job site. At the time of his death, Mr. Brown was employed by Brown Root, Inc., and was working at a Champion Paper Company facility in Harris County, Texas. The trial court held that Mrs. Brown was entitled to benefits for the death of her husband. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed, without opinion. Brown Root., Inc. v. Brown, (No. 2960368) ___ So.2d ___ (Ala.Civ.App. 1997)…