Alaplex Transp., Inc. v. Rossen

This appeal concerns whether Robert Rossen — a truck driver whose services were secured by R.P. Gray, the independent owner and operator of the truck in which Rossen suffered a permanent partial disability as a result of an automobile accident — can properly bring a claim for benefits under the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, against Alaplex, Inc. ("Alaplex"), a common carrier that had entered into a lease agreement with Gray.

The record reveals that Rossen was involved in an automobile collision in October 1997 along Interstate Highway 95 while…