Blackmon v. R.L. Zeigler Co., Inc.

I must respectfully dissent from the result of the opinion of the majority and from some of the statements contained in the opinion.

I recognize the efficacy of the citation of United Telephone Telegraph Co. v. Culliver as authority for the necessity of a claimant establishing the occurrence of the statutory "accident." I acknowledge there must be some "injurious event;" however, it seems to me that to breathe new life into Culliver is to diminish the authority of B.F. Goodrich Co. v. Martin,47 Ala. App. 244, 253 So.2d 37 (1971), cert. denied 287 Ala. 726,253 So.2d 45 (1971); Pow v. Southern…