Young v. Michael Dwain Manufacturing, Inc.

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

The employee sustained injuries in the course of his employment on March 9, 1984. He filed his complaint seeking workmen’s compensation benefits on March 11, 1985. The trial court granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the employee’s complaint was not filed within the one-year limitations period for workmen’s compensation claims.

The employee appeals. We reverse and remand.

Under Ala. Code (1975), § 25-5-80, workmen’s compensation claims are “forever barred ... unless within one year after the accident one of the…