Ex Parte Union Camp Corp.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals correctly reversed a summary judgment entered in favor of Union Camp Corporation ("Union Camp") on a claim alleging respondeat-superior liability. Because we find that the trial court properly entered the summary judgment, we reverse and remand.
Facts and Procedural History
Before April 1993, Rocky Creek Logging Company ("Rocky Creek"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Camp, was responsible for harvesting 240,000 acres of timber owned by Union Camp in Butler County. Once the timber was harvested, Rocky Creek was…
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