ALPINE ASSOCIATE INDUS. SERV. v. Smitherman

This appeal arises from a dispute concerning which of two employers is responsible, under the Workers' Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the Act"), for providing medical treatment to a particular employee.

Roger Smitherman ("the employee") filed a complaint in the Chilton Circuit Court seeking benefits under the Act arising from an alleged work-related injury to his right hip, right arm, and face that, the employee claimed, had occurred in 1999. In 2002, the employee amended his complaint on two occasions, once to properly name the defendant, Alpine Associate Industrial…