Ex Parte Alabama Forest Products Industry Workmen’s Compensation Self-Insurers’ Fund. (in Re Alabama Forest Products…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama denied the petition for a writ of certiorari, leaving in place the Court of Civil Appeals' decision that the Workers' Compensation Act permits compensation for assistance provided by nonprofessional family members. A dissenting justice argued that the appellate court erred in overruling Osorio and misapplied the ejusdem generis principle, and would have granted the petition.