Black Creek, Inc. v. Wood

Following remand from the Alabama Supreme Court, Ex parte Wood, 69 So.3d 166 (Ala.2010), this court, in a no-opinion order of affirmance, affirms the judgment of the Etowah Circuit Court (“the trial court”) in regard to its award of $50,000 in damages to Ray Keith Wood in his action against Black Creek, Inc., under § 25-5-11.1, Ala. Code 1975. For the reasons expressed below, I concur in the result to affirm the trial court’s judgment.

The trial court, which tried the case without a jury, found that Black Creek had terminated Wood’s employment based solely on his having filed a workers’…