McWane, Inc. v. McClurg

BRYAN, Judge.

McWane, Inc., appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding Donald P. McClurg permanent-total-disability benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”). We affirm.

McClurg worked as an maintenance electrician for McWane, a company that produces cast-iron pipe. On October 25, 2005, McClurg was injured in a workplace accident in which he was crushed between a pipe aligner and a pipe. In the accident, McClurg sustained fractures to several bones on the right part of his upper body, a punctured liver, contusions, and nerve damage.…