Cocking v. City of Montgomery

MOORE, Judge.

This case concerns the issue whether an employee may recover benefits from his or her employer under Article 4 (“the occupational-disease article”), Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-110 et seq., of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Ala. Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq., for post-traumatic stress disorder caused by purely nonphysical stimuli.

Robert Cocking (“the employee”) worked for 25 years as a firefighter for the City of Montgomery (“the employer”). His job duties including responding to emergency situations imperiling the life and health of citizens within the employer’s…