Watkins v. Central Contracting, Inc.

The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant after a nonjury trial.

Ola Mae Watkins was employed by Bama Janitorial Service, Inc., which provided janitorial services to the Non-Commissioned Officers' Club at Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery County. As part of her job, Watkins cleaned the NCO Club five days a week. Central Contracting, Inc. ("Central"), was constructing a building adjacent to the NCO Club. Watkins walked across the construction site every morning in order to enter the back door of the NCO Club, because her only key was to the back door. Watkins…