Legal Opinion
Ward v. Morgan County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 21, 2000No. 1980304PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ENGLAND, Justice.
Harlon Anthony Ward (“Ward”); as father of Anthony Keith Ward, a deceased minor, sued Morgan County and Shelby Contracting Company, Inc. He filed the action pursuant to § 6-5-391, Ala.Code 1975, which allows an action based on the wrongful death of a minor. The minor child was killed in a motor-vehicle accident that occurred while he was driving a vehicle northbound on Indian Hills Road in Morgan County. Ward alleged in his complaint that Morgan County had breached its duty to make its roads safe for the traveling public, by negligently failing to maintain the shoulder of the…
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