Meadwestvaco Corp. v. Mitchell

MOORE, Judge.

Section 25-5-77(a), Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, provides, in pertinent part:

“If the employee is dissatisfied with -the initial treating physician selected by the employer and if further treatment is required, the employee may so advise the employer, and the employee shall be entitled to select a second' physician from a panel or list of four physicians selected by the employer.”

On July 8, 2014, Samuel Mitchell (“the employee”) filed a multicount complaint against MeadWestvaco Corporation (“the…