Pollock v. Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama, Inc.

DONALDSON, Judge.

In order for an injured employee to be entitled to receive compensation under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975- (“the Act”), the injury must arise out of and in the course of employment with the employer. See § 25-5-1(8),-Ala.Code 1975. In this case, Dana Louise Pollock appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of her employer, Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama, Inc. (“GSSA”), by the Mobile Circuit Court (“the trial court”) denying Pollock benefits she claimed under the Act. The trial court concluded, as a matter of law, that…