Fulghum Fibres, Inc. v. Stokes

PITTMAN, Judge.

These appeals (transferred to this court by our supreme court pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-2-7(6)) arise from a civil action' brought in the Monroe Circuit Court by C. Dwayne Stokes (“the employee”). In his original complaint, filed in March 2011, the employee asserted a single claim seeking an award of benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq. (“the Act”), against his former employer, Frisco Forest Products, LLC (“the employer”); that complaint contained no demand for a trial by jury, because the Act provides that claims as to…