Taylor v. Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.

THOMAS, Judge.

*860In February 2017, Angela Taylor sued Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. ("Hibbett"), and fictitiously named defendants in the Jefferson Circuit Court ("the trial court"), alleging that she had been injured in the course of her employment and seeking benefits under the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq., and damages for retaliatory discharge. Hibbett moved to dismiss the claims against it, arguing that a separate legal entity, Hibbett Wholesale, Inc., was Taylor's employer at the time of her injury. After a hearing on the motion, the trial court ordered…