Stericycle, Inc. v. Patterson

I respectfully dissent.

At the outset of the trial, Stericycle, Inc. (“the employer”), through its attorney, stipulated in open court that Sonja Patterson (“the employee”) “alleged to receive an injury to her back that arose out of and in the course of her employment with the [employer]” on January 19, 2011, and that “the only issue to be decided by the [Jefferson Circuit Court] in this matter is the nature and extent of permanent disability benefits, if any, owed to the [employee].”

In Wilson v. Berry Industries Co., 451 So.2d 339 (Ala.Civ.App.1984), the parties stipulated that the only issue…