Supreme Court of Alabama, 1993

Conn v. Broom

Conn v. Broom
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided March 12, 1993 · Adams, Maddox, Almon, Houston, Steagall, Hornsby, Shores, Ingram
627 So. 2d 864; 1993 Ala. LEXIS 288; 1993 WL 65858 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Conn v. Broom

Opinion of the Court

ADAMS, Justice.

"The judgment is affirmed on the authority of Williams v. Delta International Machinery Corp., 619 So.2d 1330 (Ala. 1993).

AFFIRMED.

MADDOX, ALMON, HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., concur. HORNSBY, C.J., and SHORES and INGRAM, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

HORNSBY, Chief Justice

(dissenting):

I respectfully dissent. See my special opinion in Williams v. Delta International Machinery Corp., 619 So.2d 1330 (Ala. 1993).

SHORES, J., concurs.

Dissenting Opinion

INGRAM, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. I would adopt the doctrine of comparative negligence, because it would provide the people of Alabama with an up-to-date judicial tool that would promote greater fairness in negligence actions.

We live in the remarkable age of technology in so many areas of our lives. Yet, by retaining the doctrine of contributory negligence, we continue to adhere to the most outmoded concept in our justice system.

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