Mercy Logging, LLC v. Odom

PITTMAN, Judge.

In December 2009, Johnnie L. Odom filed a complaint seeking benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”), on account of injuries he suffered from rattlesnake bites on his hands, which injuries, he alleged, arose out of and in the course of his employment with Mercy Logging, LLC (“Mercy”), and rendered him permanently and totally disabled. Odom further alleged that Mercy had paid him no compensation benefits and none of his medical expenses, which expenses totaled over $300,000. Mercy answered the complaint and denied that…