Alabama Great Southern R.R. Co. v. Carroll
Supreme Court of Alabama
11 So. 803 (1892)
Relevant factsFree
Carroll (plaintiff), an Alabama brakeman employed under an Alabama contract with Alabama Southern (defendant), was injured in Mississippi due to a defective car link, allegedly caused by the negligence of fellow employees in Alabama. Alabama's employers' liability statute would have allowed recovery against the employer for a fellow servant's negligence, but Mississippi's common law followed the traditional fellow-servant rule barring such recovery; the jury found for Carroll under Alabama law.
IssueFree
Whether an employee injured outside the state where the employment relationship was formed may rely on the law of that home state to recover against the employer.