CEMENT PRODUCTS CO., INC. v. Martin

This is a workmen's compensation case involving the one-year statute of limitations provided by § 25-5-80, Code of Alabama (1975).

The record reveals the following facts pertinent to this appeal:

Plaintiff-employee, a manual laborer, has suffered injuries to his back on at least five occasions during his working career. He was first injured prior to his employment with the defendant-employer and received workmen's compensation benefits based on ten percent permanent partial disability. In August 1974 the plaintiff sustained an injury to his back while working for the defendant and received…