Banks v. Premier Service Co.

DONALDSON, Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment denying benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, Ala.Code 1975, §. 25 — 5—1, et seq. (“the Act”), to an adult daughter of a. deceased employee. The material facts of this case are not in dispute. Thomas D. Banks was murdered by a coworker on October 8, 2010, while at work for his employer, Premier Service Company, Inc. (“Premier”). Thomas was survived by his wife, Catalina Banks, and his adult daughter, Donna C. Banks. Donna was a 22-year-old student at the University of Alabama at the time of Thomas’s death. Donna and her…