Water Works Board of Birmingham v. Isom

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

The Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham (“the Board”) appeals from the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court awarding Allan Isom permanent-partial-disability benefits pursuant to the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”).1 For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm.

Isom began working for the Board in 1990. On June 16, 2003, he was injured in an on-the-job accident (“the 2003 injury”). As a result of that accident, Isom filed an action against the Board pursuant to the Act. That action concluded in a settlement…