AAA Mobile Home Movers, Inc. v. Holmes

This appeal involves post-judgment proceedings in a workmen's compensation case.

The appellee, Karry Fowler Holmes, is the widow of Terry A. Holmes, who was killed August 1, 1985, in an automobile accident in the line and scope of his employment with the appellant, AAA Mobile Home Movers, Inc. (AAA). The Circuit Court of Dale County approved a settlement and entered an order December 16, 1985, favorable to the widow and against AAA. No appeal was filed.

Thereafter, in July 1987, the widow, individually and as next friend of the decedent's two children, filed a wrongful death action in the…