Griffin Wood Co. v. Horton

YATES, Presiding Judge.

Charles E. Horton sued Griffin Wood Company, Inc. (“Griffin Wood”), on December 8, 2000, seeking workers’ compensation benefits and alleging that he had suffered an injury to his.back during the course of his employment with Griffin Wood that rendered him permanently and totally disabled. Griffin Wood answered the complaint on February 14, 2001, denying the existence of an employment relationship and raising as a defense the farm-labor exception to workers’ compensation liability provided in § 25-5-50(a), Ala.Code 1975. Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial…