Dodson v. Johns & Kirksey, Inc.

PITTMAN, Judge.

Johns & Kirksey, Inc. (“the employer”), a metal-roofing and general contractor, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court (“the trial court”) to set aside an interlocutory order it entered on August 9, 2012, in an action brought by Thomas C. Dodson III (“the employee”), pursuant to the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”).1 We deny the petition.

*1008On July 2, 2010, the employee sued the employer, alleging that he had sustained a cumulative-trauma injury arising out of and in the course of his employment with…