Jones v. Lowe

This appeal arises out of a case involving an on-the-job accident that occurred at Alabama Power Company's steam plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. At issue is the validity of Act 85-41, Acts of Ala. 1985, which extensively amended and added to Alabama's Workmen's Compensation Act and created a qualified immunity for all co-employees.1 The trial court held that the decision of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals in Sims v. Union Underwear Co., 551 So.2d 1078 (Ala.Civ.App. 1989), had invalidated a provision of the Act, and, thus, that the Act's nonseverability provision required the court to…