Gulf States Steel, Inc. v. Whisenant

ALMON, Justice.

The defendant Gulf States Steel, Inc., appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in which the jury awarded the plaintiff Payton Eugene Whisenant $400,000 in damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement, permanent disability and injury, and past lost wages. Whisenant suffered a partial amputation of his right hand while working for Alabama Structural Beams, Inc. (“ASBI”). Gulf States was the only defendant in this action; Whisenant claimed that it was liable for his injury either because it had “retained the right to control the work being done” or because it…