Jasper Water Works & Sewer Bd., Inc. v. Dunn

THOMAS, Judge.

Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board, Inc. ("the employer"), appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Jerry G. Dunn ("the employee") by the Walker Circuit Court pursuant to the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"), § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975.

Although neither party has raised the issue of this court's jurisdiction over this appeal, jurisdictional matters are of such magnitude that this court is permitted to notice a lack of jurisdiction ex mero motu. See Reeves v. State, 882 So.2d 872, 874 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003).

The judgment reads, in pertinent part:

"9. The Court…