Stubbs v. Brookwood Medical Center

On Application for Rehearing

The opinion of February 4, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

In September 1998, Eleanor Stubbs (the "worker") sued Brookwood Medical Center (the "company") for workers' compensation benefits, alleging that she had been injured in the line and scope of her employment and that as a result she had suffered a permanent disability. She requested compensation benefits and medical expenses. The company filed a motion to dismiss the worker's complaint, arguing that it and the worker had entered into a final settlement of her claim pursuant to…