Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Bowden v. Southern Risk Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 11, 1991No. 89-1743Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partJones, Justice
This petition presents the question whether an injured employee of the Alabama State Docks (“ASD”) is precluded by Ala. Constitution 1901, Art. I, § 14, from suing ASD’s administrator of the legislatively created ASD workmen’s compensation escrow fund. By quashing the writ and allowing the Court of Civil Appeals opinion to stand, the majority has effectively denied the petitioner the right to pursue the very remedy provided by the Workmen’s Compensation Act (“the Act”), the benefits of which are expressly authorized and made applicable to injured ASD employees pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, §…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Docks Commission v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkanter, N. v. V. Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Evans v. PattersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Jones v. Alabama State DocksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Hale v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970