Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Aetna Ins. Com.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 30, 1983No. 82-177PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant, Aetna Insurance Company, in an action for negligent inspection by a workmen's compensation carrier. We affirm.

James David Armstrong, a minor, was the employee of Lonnie Manning, who had been hired by The Country Club of Mobile to remove the light bulbs above its tennis courts and replace them with a different type of bulb. Manning and Armstrong used a scaffold, which Manning had rented, to change the bulbs. According to Manning, at the end of the work day in question the club's tennis pro asked Armstrong to push the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Beasley v. MacDonald Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  2. Pate v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  3. Columbus Green v. Reynolds Metals CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  4. Williams v. Continental Oil Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1980

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Pugh v. Butler Telephone Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. Bush v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  3. Hodge v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  4. Chance v. DALLAS COUNTY, ALA.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  5. Commercial Union Insurance Co. v. DeshazoSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002

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