Rice v. Deas

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of George Washington Deas and made final pursuant to Rule 54(b), A.R.Civ.P., in a co-employee suit brought under the third-party provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ala. Code, 1975, § 25-5-11). We affirm.

Timothy Todd Rice was injured on August 13, 1984, while employed by Deas Tire Company, Inc., in Mobile, Alabama. Rice was operating a Bandag Model III Tread Knife, which is used to cut rubber strips to make tires, when he cut off the fingers of his left hand.

At the time of Rice's injury, George Washington Deas was the…