Johnson v. Gary
Decision Date | 22 December 1983 |
Citation | 443 So.2d 924 |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Parties | 116 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3405 Mary JOHNSON v. Paul GARY and Mitsuko Gary d/b/a B & N Steakhouse. 82-844. |
M. Ashley McKathan of Powell & Powell, Andalusia, for appellant.
Charles J. Kettler, Jr., Luverne, for appellees.
Plaintiff Mary Johnson sued her former employers, Paul and Mitsuko Gary, d/b/a B & N Steakhouse, alleging that she was wrongfully discharged from her job. It is undisputed that plaintiff's job status was that of an employee at will. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's action, ruling that her complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Although it was referred to as a judgment of dismissal, it was, as to the last two claims, more properly a summary judgment, since the trial court had before it, in addition to the pleadings, the uncontroverted statement by the Alabama Unemployment Agency as to why the plaintiff was not entitled to unemployment compensation. Johnson appeals. We affirm.
The complaint alleges that Johnson, a 58-year-old employee of defendants, injured her back and neck on October 10, 1982, when she fell at work. She sought and received workmen's compensation benefits as provided under Ala.Code 1975, § 25-5-1, et seq. She was subsequently discharged from her employment at the restaurant.
In Count I of her complaint she alleges that she was discharged by the defendants in retaliation for having applied for workmen's compensation benefits. Counts II and III of the complaint allege tortious interference by the defendants with Johnson's efforts to receive unemployment compensation benefits following her discharge from the restaurant.
Hinrichs v. Tranquilaire Hospital, 352 So.2d 1130, 1131 (Ala.1977).
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