Legal Opinion
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haygood
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 13, 2012No. 2100844PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (“Goodyear”) appeals from a judgment awarding *134worker’s compensation benefits to Brian Haygood. The trial court found that Hay-good was permanently and totally disabled as a result of an injury he suffered in a work-related accident, and it awarded benefits accordingly.
The record indicates the following. Haygood’s job at Goodyear was to sort tires by size and tread and “throw” them into the appropriate buggies, which measured three feet by eight feet. Haygood said each of the tires he handled weighed between 40 and 80 pounds. When a buggy…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Ex Parte Trinity Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- GREEN TREE ACCEPTANCE v. StandridgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Thompson v. KeithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Ex Parte DriverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
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