Highfield's Alignment Service v. Scott

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court found that Highfield’s Alignment Service (employer) intentionally interfered with the payment of the employee’s medical bills and that the employee was entitled to recover from the employer double workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to § 25-5-8(e), Code 1975, which provides:

“Penalties for failure to secure payment of compensation; injunctions.- — Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this section who fails to secure compensation shall be guilty of…