Atchison v. Horton

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, dismissing a wrongful death suit against co-employees. We affirm.

On May 14, 1975, Ben Atchison was electrocuted while working in the scope of his employment. On February 10, 1976, Odina Atchison, wife of the decedent, brought a wrongful death suit against five of his coworkers for negligently failing to provide the decedent with a reasonably safe place to work and with reasonably safe equipment for work. The co-workers filed a motion to dismiss on the basis of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, in…