Supreme Court of Alabama, 1996

Dunlop Tire Corp. v. Chunn

Dunlop Tire Corp. v. Chunn
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided November 22, 1996 · Houston, Maddox, Almon, Shores, Kennedy, Cook, Butts, Hooper
686 So. 2d 203; 1996 Ala. LEXIS 729; 1996 WL 676180 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Dunlop Tire Corp. v. Chunn

Opinion of the Court

HOUSTON, Justice.

AVRIT DENIED; NO OPINION.

MADDOX, ALMON, SHORES, KENNEDY, COOK, and BUTTS, JJ., concur. HOOPER, C.J., dissents.

Dissenting Opinion

HOOPER, Chief Justice

(dissenting).

I understand that precedent supports the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals. However, I believe that this Court’s rulings have caused the evidentiary standard governing proof of legal and medical causation in workers’ compensation cases to become so lax that this Court is not applying the statutory standard prescribed by the legislature. I, therefore, respectfully dissent.

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