Dudley v. Mesa Industries

The issue presented in this case is whether an order approving a workers' compensation settlement and releasing the employer from "any and all claims for compensation and vocational rehabilitation benefits due or which may become due to the employee under the Workmen's Compensation Act of Alabama" is to be understood as adjudicating in the employer's favor a pending claim by the employee that is based on §25-5-11, Ala. Code 1975. We hold that it is not to be so understood.

On June 27, 1996, William Dudley was injured in an accident that occurred during the course of his employment at Mesa…