Legal Opinion

Hokes Bluff Welding and Fabrication v. Cox

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 31, 2008No. 2070253PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Judge.

Hokes Bluff Welding and Fabrication (“the employer”) appeals from a judgment entered by the Etowah Circuit Court awarding Christopher Neil Cox (“the employee”) permanent-total-disability benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq., as a result of a lower-back injury that the trial court determined was caused by a November 9, 2004, occupational accident.

Procedural History

On January 20, 2005, the employee filed a complaint against the employer seeking workers’ compensation benefits. In that complaint, the employee alleged that…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Ex Parte Trinity Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1996
  3. Ex Parte PriceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  4. Ex Parte Southern Energy Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  5. Basil Zimzores A/K/A Bill Zim v. Veterans AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Total Fire Protection, Inc. v. JeanCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  4. Ex parte Lowe's Home Centers, LLCCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2016
  5. Stein Mart, Inc. v. DelashawCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2010

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