Sims v. Leland Roberts Const., Inc.

On Application for Rehearing

The opinion of April 28, 1995, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

This is a worker's compensation case.

Horace E. Sims, an Alabama resident, sued Leland Roberts Construction, Inc. (Roberts), an Indiana corporation, to recover benefits that Sims alleged were due him under the provisions of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act. The trial court dismissed the cause for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and Sims appealed.

Sims alleged that he was hired by Roberts in Alabama and that he suffered a knee injury as a result of an accident that…