J.C. HUDSON, Jr. v. RENOSOL SEATING, LLC
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, Judge.
This appeal concerns whether a portion of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq. (“the Act”) — namely, the so-called “exclusivity provisions” of the Act appearing at Ala. Code 1975, §§ 25-5-52 and 25-5-53 — bars certain claims in tort that have been asserted by a number of people (“the workers”) 1 who allegedly performed labor at a factory in Dallas County that produces “foam shapes for automobile seat backs, cushions and/or headrests.” Because we conclude that the exclusivity provisions bar those tort claims, we affirm the judgment of the Dallas…
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