Allen v. U.S. Steel Mining Co.

MOORE, Judge.

U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC (“the employer”), petitions this court to issue a writ of mandamus to the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court (“the trial court”) directing that court to set aside its order of May 28, 2014, granting a Rule 60(b), Ala. R. Civ. R, motion filed by counsel representing hundreds of plaintiffs (“the employees”) in a workers’ compensation case. We deny the petition.

On November 12, 2002, the employees filed a complaint against the employer seeking workers’ compensation benefits-; the action initiated by the filing of the complaint was assigned…