Outlaw v. R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc.

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

Hazel Outlaw, administratrix of the estate of William E. Forbes, filed an action in the Circuit Court of Autauga County against Louis Austin and R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc. (Garrison), alleging the wrongful death of Forbes. Subsequently, Cindy Forbes, the minor child of William Forbes, filed a motion for permissive join-der through her next friend, requesting that her action for workmen’s compensation be joined with Outlaw’s wrongful death action. The trial court granted the motion.

Garrison filed a motion for summary judgment on the wrongful death…