Ex Parte Progress Rail Services Corp.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
By its petition for a writ of mandamus filed on September 25, 2002, Progress Rail Services Corporation ("Progress Rail") seeks an order directing the Marshall Circuit Court to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims against it, on the basis that the claims were barred by the exclusivity and immunity provisions of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act.
The tragic circumstances giving rise to the underlying action are as follows: Lydia Garcia and her husband, Daniel Pantoja Garcia, were both employees of Progress Rail, a company that, among other things, purchased old railroad cars and locomotives for…
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