Aluminum Company of America v. Walden

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This litigation was initiated by appellees, the widow and children of Ed Walden, to recover damages for his death which, as they allege, was caused by the negligence of appellant, Aluminum Company of America (hereafter referred to as Alcoa). The alleged acts of negligence on the part of Alcoa relied on by appellees will be set out later in this opinion. We deem it sufficient to set out only a brief summary of the facts and events preceding Walden’s death and bearing upon the issues involved for the reason that they have twice been recounted in recent decisions of…