Casteel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Decision Date | 17 January 2003 |
Citation | 860 So.2d 348 |
Parties | Marty CASTEEL, by and through his next friend, Melisa JOHNSON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
Court | Alabama Court of Civil Appeals |
J. Zach Higgs, Jr., and Robert D. Lee of Higgs & Emerson, Huntsville, for appellant.
Charles F. Carr and Joseph H. Driver of Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee.
On June 8, 1999, Marty Casteel ("the worker"), by and through his next friend, Melisa Johnson, sued the worker's employer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., seeking workers' compensation benefits for an injury the worker claimed to have suffered in the line and scope of his employment. On February 12, 2001, Wal-Mart moved for a summary judgment. On May 4, 2001, the trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart.
Casteel appealed, arguing that the judgment did not comply with § 25-5-88, Ala. Code 1975. He also argued that the summary judgment was erroneous because, he said, he had presented substantial evidence creating genuine issues of material fact with respect to whether his injury was compensable and whether the applicable statutory limitations period had been tolled by what he claimed was his incapacity.
On February 22, 2002, this court determined that the resolution of the issue regarding § 25-5-88 was dispositive of the appeal; we reversed the summary judgment and remanded the cause for the circuit court to make the necessary findings of fact and conclusions of law. On remand, the circuit court entered a comprehensive order that outlines the facts and applies the law to those facts. Our review of a summary judgment is de novo.
Hobson v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 690 So.2d 341, 344 (Ala.1997).
The pertinent facts relating to the compensability of the worker's injury are essentially undisputed. The circuit court's order states, in part:
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