Williams v. Capps Trailer Sales

INGRAM, Justice.

Jessie Edward Williams appeals from a judgment of the trial court dismissing his complaint. Williams’s complaint arose out of a traffic accident that took place in Wilcox County in March 1973. A prior personal injury lawsuit stemming from the accident was settled in 1974. Williams also settled a workmen’s compensation action against his employer, Capps Trailer Sales, at the time of the accident.

Williams’s complaint in the present suit alleges “newly discovered evidence of fraud on an implied contract” that led to his injuries in the 1973 accident. The complaint named nine…