Legal Opinion

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Davis

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 18, 1933No. 6 Div. 332PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDDIN, Justice.

The main question here involved is whether the- death of the “employee was caused by an accident” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Daw (Code 1923, § 7534 et seq.).

Appellant insists there was no legal evidence to support a reasonable inference of any causal connection between the alleged accident and the death of the employee.

The question of law thus raised 'may be presented by bill of exceptions setting out the evidence before the trial court. ■

On consideration of the evidence we find it supports reasonable inferences to the following effect: Mr. Davis, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Grimes v. Stith Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. New River Coal Co. v. FilesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  3. American Radiator Co. v. AndinoSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  4. Southern Cement Co. v. WalthallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  5. Stith Coal Co. v. AlvisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pow v. Southern Const. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  2. C. E. Adams & Co. v. HarrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  3. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. FooteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. FooteSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. Associated Grocers of the South, Inc. v. GoodwinCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2007

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