Legal Opinion
County of Mobile v. Benson
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 20, 1988No. Civ. 6020PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a workmen's compensation case.
The employee, formerly a deputy sheriff in the Mobile County Sheriff's Department, brought suit against his former employer for workmen's compensation benefits due to a back injury alleged to have arisen from two work-related accidents. The trial court entered a judgment, finding that the employee was permanently and totally disabled. The trial court determined that the employee's earlier accident, which occurred in September 1983, had contributed to 90% of his disability and that the second accident in October 1984 had contributed to 10% of his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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