Jackson v. Hill

ALMON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Thompson Jackson appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of David Hill, a co-employee, in Jackson’s áction alleging the willful removal of a safety device from a machine. This action was brought under Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-ll(c). Jackson was injured while operating an abrasive planer, a type of wood sanding machine, from which a safety shut-off bar and cables had been removed. The issue is whether Jackson presented substantial evidence that his supervising co-employee, Hill, knew that the safety device had been removed from the abrasive planer and, with that…