Ex parte Tenax Corp.

MAIN, Justice.

Tenax Corporation (“Tenax”) and Tenax Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (“Tenax Alabama”), petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Conecuh Circuit Court to enter a summary judgment in their favor in John Dees’s tort action against them. Tenax and Tenax Alabama contend that they are immune from Dees’s tort claims under the exclusive-remedy provisions of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. Additionally, Tenax Alabama contends that it is entitled to a summary judgment because it was not a legal entity when Dees was injured. We grant…