Davis Plumbing Co. v. Burns

I concur in the result reached by the majority, but I do not agree with the reasoning of that opinion. The issue presented for our review is not whether the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”), grants to an employer the right to select the pharmacy at which an employee obtains his reasonably necessary prescription medication; it is whether the Act grants to an employee the right to obtain reasonably necessary prescription medication at a pharmacy of his or her own choosing.

It may be conceded that the Act does not expressly grant to an employer the…