Ex Parte Scott Bridge Company

Tim Bond worked for Scott Bridge Company, a bridge construction company with its principal office in Lee County. Scott Bridge discharged Bond in April 2000, after Bond was injured on the job. Bond brought a retaliatory-discharge claim, seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages under § 25-5-11.1, Ala. Code 1975, which states that it is unlawful for an employer to fire an employee "solely because the employee has instituted or maintained any action against the employer to recover workers' compensation benefits." Bond filed his claim in Chambers County, and Scott Bridge moved for a…