Bailey v. Lost River Oilfield Services, LLC

DONALDSON, Judge.

Lost River Oilfield Services, LLC (“Lost River”),1 petitions this court for a writ of *372mandamus directing the Mobile Circuit Court (“the trial court”) to dismiss Kenneth Bailey’s workers’ compensation action for lack of personal and subject-matter jurisdiction. Because we hold that the trial court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the proceedings, we grant the petition and issue the writ.

On March 21, 2014, Bailey filed a complaint seeking compensation and benefits in the trial court under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the…