Fikes v. Alabama State Docks

THIGPEN, Judge.

This appeal involves the dismissal of a workmen’s compensation complaint against the Alabama State Docks (ASD), the Alabama State Docks Self Insurance Fund, and the Alabama State Docks Escrow Account, and the grant of summary judgment favoring Southern Risk Services, Inc.

Clinton Fikes sued ASD in December 1991, alleging that while employed by ASD, he suffered an accident, and that as a result of that accident he was rendered permanently disabled. It is undisputed that ASD, by and through its Escrow Account, paid Fikes disability benefits for several months subsequent to the…