Thomas v. Gulf States Paper Corporation

HARWOOD, Justice.

This is a petition for certiorari to review a judgment of the Hon. Reuben H. Wright, Judge of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, denying the plaintiff permanent and total disability benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Alabama.

*661The plaintiff had been employed by the defendant Gulf States Paper Corporation for approximately ten years. His duties consisted of cutting brush, and chaining for a land surveying crew. On July 17, 1961, the “carry-all” motor vehicle used to transport the surveying crew and equipment stalled in the mud and the plaintiff helped push it…