Barney Jackson and Susan Jackson v. Stauffer Chemical Company

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity personal injury action the Jacksons appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Stauffer Chemical Company (“Stauffer”) on the issues of Barney Jackson’s contributory negligence and Stauffer’s wantonness. We reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment as to contributory negligence and affirm the court’s ruling on the issue of wantonness.

This suit arises out of an accident at Stauffer’s Axis, Alabama plant where Barney Jackson came into contact with an energized transformer in the plant’s electrical substation. Jackson, an…