Layne v. Carr

James Curtis Layne, a belt foreman employed by Jim Walter Resources, Inc. ("JWR"), was injured in a fall in a coal mine. He appeals from a summary judgment in a personal injury action he filed pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 25-5-11(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4). Layne sued the following employees of JWR: James B. Beasley, mine manager; William Carr, president of the mining division of JWR; William H. Hubbard, mine foreman; John T. "Buck" Piper, senior vice-president, operations; Charles Stewart, deputy mine manager; and Gerald D. Thomas, general mine foreman. The judgment for the six co-employee…