Mullins v. Summers

This is a co-employee lawsuit. Anna Jean Summers was employed by Avondale Mills in Stevenson, Alabama, as a “spinner.” Mrs. Summers was responsible for the operation of three spinning frames. In the spinning department, yarn is wound on bobbins in a spinning frame. There are three frames running simultaneously. Each frame contains 88 bobbins. The yarn is brought to the area in large cans and is run from the cans upwards over the walkway and connected to the bobbin. The bobbins are set in a ring and the yarn is wound onto the bobbin, guided by a “traveler.” The rings on the spinning frames are…