Holcomb v. Arma, Inc.

RUSSELL, Judge.

Jimmy Holcomb (employee), an Alabama resident, brought this action to recover workmen’s compensation benefits under the workmen’s compensation laws of the state of Alabama. Arma, Inc. (employer), filed a motion to dismiss, which was granted by the trial court. The employee appeals. We reverse and remand.

The dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the case when the employee worked for an out-of-state company and was injured in Alabama.

We note, at the outset, that a motion to dismiss for failure of the pleadings to state a claim on which relief can be…