{"id":667,"date":"2021-01-27T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/?post_type=case-results&#038;p=667"},"modified":"2021-04-19T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:56:21","slug":"suit-permitted-to-go","status":"publish","type":"case-results","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/case-results\/suit-permitted-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Suit Permitted to go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Namislo v. Akzo Chemicals, Inc., 620 So.2d 573 (Ala. 1993), Mobile County Circuit. While pregnant, the child\u2019s mother had been exposed to mercury at her workplace. In a tort action brought by the child against the company, lawyers argued that the company was responsible for injuries sustained by the child as a result of the mother\u2019s exposure \u2013injuries allegedly caused while the child was in utero. The company sought dismissal, claiming that the child\u2019s action was based on the mother\u2019s personal workplace injury and therefore barred by the Alabama workers\u2019 compensation statute. The Alabama Supreme Court disagreed. It found that the child\u2019s claims were not subsumed by the mother\u2019s, but were instead based on independent fetal harm. Since the fetus could not be considered an \u201cemployee\u201d within the meaning of the workers\u2019 compensation statute, the child\u2019s suit was permitted to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","case-results","type-case-results","status-publish","hentry","category-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-results\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-results"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case-results"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/dothan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}