Tittle v. Alabama Power Co.

This is a premises owner liability case in which a summary judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, Alabama Power Company.1

Alabama Power contracted with Combustion Engineering, Inc., and other contractors in the spring of 1985 for maintenance work at Alabama Power's Gorgas steam plant during a scheduled maintenance outage. Tittle, an ironworker, was hired by Combustion Engineering to work on that job. While working at the plant Tittle allegedly slipped on insulation dust that was on the plant floor and fell, injuring his neck and back. He later filed an action against Alabama Power and…