Legal Opinion
Fontenot v. Bramlett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 19, 1985No. 83-1309PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order granting a Rule 12 (b)(6), Ala.R.Civ.P., motion to dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We reverse.
On April 7, 1983, Johnnie Francis Fontenot, an employee of Mobile Infirmary, was injured when a hospital elevator in which she was riding dropped several floors during a power outage. It is undisputed that the injury occurred while Mrs. Fontenot was working within the course of her employment, within the meaning of the Alabama Workmen's Compensation Act, Code 1975, § 25-5-1.
Mrs. Fontenot and her husband brought…
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