Opinion

Sly v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE CO.

  • 387 So. 2d 137
  • 1980 Ala. LEXIS 3080
Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
Filed
Jul 25, 1980
Status
Published
Author
Jones
On the bench
Maddox, Torbert, Shores, Beatty, Jones
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 25.8%

The opinion

JONES, Justice

(concurring specially).

This is a close case because ordinarily the “reasonably foreseeable” test is one for the jury. But I agree that these particular facts reduce the issue to a purely legal one which has been correctly decided by the trial court.

I am persuaded that, as a matter of law, Sly’s injury, if any, was, at best, a “remote result” and not “a matter reasonably foreseeable” by South Central Bell. Zeigler v. Blount Brothers Construction Co., 364 So.2d 1163 (Ala.1978).

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