Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Mercy Logging, LLC v. Odom

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 14, 2012No. 1111465Published

1ConcurrenceMurdock, Justice

I concur in denying certiorari review in this workers’ compensation case. I do so because I find there to be no probability of merit, see Rule 39(f), Ala. R.App. P., in the petition of the employee, Johnnie L. Odom. According to a majority of the judges on the Court of Civil Appeals, Odom’s claim did not arise “out of’ or “in the course of’ his employment, as required by § 25-5-51, Ala Code 1975. See Mercy Logging, LLC v. Odom, 104 So.3d 908, 918 (Ala.Civ.App.2012). I write separately to explain that the reason I see no probability of merit in this petition is not the same as the reasons a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wooten v. RodenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Young v. Mutual Sav. Life Ins. Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  3. Gumbrill v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
  4. Mercy Logging, LLC v. OdomCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2012

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