Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Tenax Corporation and Tenax Manufacturing Alabama, LLC. (in Re John Dees v. Tenax Corporation Tenax…
January 27, 2017228 So. 3d 387
Summary
The court granted Tenax Corporation and Tenax Manufacturing Alabama, LLC's petition for a writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to enter summary judgment for both entities. It held that Tenax Alabama was not a legal entity when the injury occurred and that Tenax was Dees's special employer, making the workers' compensation system his exclusive remedy for the asserted tort claims. No separate opinions were filed.