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Alabama Supreme Court Reviews Issues Relating To Course And Scope Of Employment, Finds Assault And Battery And Outrage Claims Are Barred By The Exclusivity Provision

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An interesting decision concerning the course and scope of employment was recently issued by the Alabama Supreme Court, in Ex parte Lincare Inc. The Plaintiff in the action resigned from her employment with Lincare on June 6, 2014, and submitted a letter of resignation to her supervisor. After she presented her supervisor with the resignation letter, her…
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Court Of Civil Appeals Clarifies When A Trial Court’s Decision Is A Final Judgment For Purposes Of Appeal

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In Ex parte Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, (Ala. Civ. App. May 6, 2016)[25 ALW 20], the employee Sarah Brown (“Brown”) filed a workers’ compensation action against her employer Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. (“Lowe’s), seeking medical treatment for her claimed back injury and an award of disability benefits.  After conducting a compensability hearing, the trial court found Brown’s…
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John C. Webb Obtains A Defense Verdict

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John Webb recently prevailed in a workers’ compensation trial before Judge D. Alan Mann in Madison County, Alabama in Antonio Octaviano v. Coast Personnel Services, Inc. At the time of the accident, Plaintiff was employed with Benchmark Electronics through Defendant, Coast Personnel Services, Inc.  Coast Personnel is a temporary staffing agency.  The Plaintiff alleged he suffered a work…
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Court Of Civil Appeals Finds Employer Responsible For Knee Replacements

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In, Ex parte Reed Contracting Servs., Inc., No. 2150230, 2016 WL 360725 (Ala. Civ. App. Jan. 29, 2016), the plaintiff, Henry Riley (“Riley”), injured both of his knees and wrists during the course of his employment with his employer, Reed Contracting Services (“Reed”) when he fell from a man lift in March 2012. Id. at *1. Riley…
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Aaron Ashcraft Prevails In Compensability Hearing

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Aaron Ashcraft recently prevailed in a compensability hearing before Judge Steven Haddock in Decatur, Alabama in Darrin Hester v. Minor Tire Company, et al. The dispute was between Minor Tire and AJ Associates, and concerned the last injurious exposure doctrine. The Plaintiff initially was employed with AJ Associates, a temporary employment agency, and assigned to work…
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Alabama Court Of Civil Appeals Finds Employer Not Responsible For Permanent Injury Caused By Preexisting Condition

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On February 27, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released an opinion re-affirming the principle that an employer is only liable under the Worker’s Compensation Act for treatment of the temporary injury when a work related injury aggravates a preexisting condition. Ex parte Fairhope Health & Rehab, LLC, 2015 WL 836706, at *7 (Ala. Civ….
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Idiopathic Defense

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INTRODUCTION      The doctrine of “idiopathic falls” can be a very fruitful defense in workers’ compensation cases. The doctrine arises from the general rule that, “the employment must be the source and cause of the accident in order to be compensable as a workers’ compensation injury.” Slimford Manuf. Co. v. Martin, 417 So. 2d 199 (Ala….
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John C. Webb Obtains A Defense Verdict In A Workers’ Compensation Hearing Loss Case

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John Webb recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a global coal mining company in a workers’ compensation hearing loss trial. The Plaintiff filed suit against his employer claiming permanent hearing impairment arising out of his employment. Defendant denied that any of the coal miner’s hearing loss was due to occupational hazards of his…
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Employee’s Participation In A Recreational Activity The Employer Did Not Derive Any Benefit From Found To Not Be Within The Scope Of Her Employment

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On February 27, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals entered a decision in the case of Pollock v. Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama, Inc., 24 ALW 10-6 (2130538), 2/27/15. The issue in Pollock was whether an employee’s participation in a horseback riding event organized and planned by a co-employee was within the scope of the…
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