Ex Parte Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

We granted certiorari review to consider the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, which held that the trial court had acted within its discretion in ordering that a judgment approving a workers' compensation settlement agreement between Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Joseph P. Hines III be set aside under Rule 60(b)(6), Ala. R. Civ. P., to the extent the judgment barred Hines from pursuing a pending claim seeking damages for an alleged retaliatory discharge. See Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v.Hines, 725 So.2d 275 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997). We reverse and remand.

Hines injured his right shoulder on January 5,…