Schoen v. Styron

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing plaintiff/appel-lee to amend his complaint at trial at the close of his evidence pursuant to Rule 15(b), Ala.R.Civ.P.

FACTS

On April 30, 1984, plaintiff, a shrimp fisherman, filed the following complaint in the Baldwin County Circuit Court:

“Count I

“1. On or about July, 1981, Jerald W. Styron, Jr., Plaintiff in this cause, entered into an employment agreement with Edward W. Schoen, Defendant, to work as an employee on Defendant’s shrimp trawler, the ‘Desperado’.

“2. The terms of said agreement included a bonus…