Flanagan Lumber Co. v. Tennison

The Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1 et seq., provides the standard by which this court is to review judgments entered by circuit courts in workers’ compensation actions. Section 25-5-81(e), Ala.Code 1975, provides:

“(1) In reviewing the standard of proof set forth herein and other legal issues, review by the Court of Civil Appeals shall be without a presumption of correctness.

“(2) In reviewing pure findings of fact, the finding of the circuit court shall *810not be reversed if that finding is supported by substantial evidence.”

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