Goolsby v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF ALA.

This is a workers' compensation case.

In August 1993 Molly Goolsby (employee) filed a complaint against Family Dollar Stores of Alabama, Inc., an Alabama corporation, d/b/a Family Dollar Stores (employer). The employee sought workers' compensation benefits for an injury which she alleged that she sustained on January 12, 1993, while in the course of her employment with the employer. The complaint alleged the following, in pertinent part:

"The [employee] was threatened with death and marched to the office with a gun stuck in her back. After [the robbers took the employee's] purse and car keys,…