KGS Steel, Inc. v. McInish

In April 1999, Donald Mclnish sued KGS Steel, Inc. (“KGS”), in the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court, seeking an award of benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”). In his complaint, Mclnish alleged, among other things, that during his employment as a truck driver for KGS, he had been subjected to “violent bouncing and jerking movement” that had caused him to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome and that that movement, combined with “strain caused by strapping and binding cargo loads,” had caused damage to his shoulders and…