Fort James Operating Co. v. Thompson

I concur in the result reached in parts I and V of the main opinion. I concur in the remainder of the opinion except as it relates to two aspects of the trial court's award of attorney fees.

First, for the same reasons I dissented in Bruno's, Inc. v.Killingsworth, [Ms. 2010281, October 4, 2002] ___ So.2d ___ (Ala.Civ.App. 2002) (Murdock, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), I am of the opinion that the employee's attorney was not entitled to an attorney fee with respect to the voluntary payment of sickness and accident benefits on behalf of the employer by Aetna U.S. Health Care.…