Humbers v. R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

On September 11, 1994, Clayton Allen Humbers (the “decedent”), who was employed by R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc. (“Garrison”), as a truck driver, was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Texas. At the time of the accident, he was driving a truck owned by Garrison. Joyce Humbers, his *948mother, sued to recover death benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act. She sued in Marion County, Alabama, the county in which she resides and the county in which the decedent resided. Garrison moved to transfer the case, requesting that it be transferred to the Circuit Court of Cullman…