Simpson v. Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co.

MERRILL, Justice.

This is a suit under the Alabama Workmen’s Compensation Law, Tit. 26, § 253 et seq., Code 1940, instituted by William S. Simpson, the petitioner, against his employer, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, a corporation.

Petitioner averred that the accident occurred on April 15, 1957, alleging that “At that time Petitioner was on a flat car and certain steel beams were being moved near and over the Petitioner so that Petitioner considered it was necessary for his own safety to jump from said flat car to the ground. In jumping your Petitioner broke several ribs and was…