Case Title: Strickland v. National Gypsum Co.

Citation: 348 So. 2d 496

Docket Number: 

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 1976-11-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
348 So. 2d 496 (1976)
In re Dorothy T. STRICKLAND, etc.
v.
NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, a corp.
Ex parte Dorothy T. Strickland, etc.
SC 1969.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
November 24, 1976.
Edward R. Tibbetts, Mobile, for petitioner.
James J. Duffy, Jr., and E. L. McCafferty, III, Mobile, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
This court granted Strickland's petition for writ of certiorari to review a decision of the Court of Civil Appeals which dismissed her appeal in a workmen's compensation case.
Following are excerpts from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
The Court of Civil Appeals concluded that the 30-day time period controlled and dismissed the appeal.
This court, on October 14, 1976, amended the first sentence in Rule 3 ARAP and adopted a court note to explain the change. The words, "or review by certiorari in a workmen's compensation case," were added *497 in the first sentence of subsection (a)(1) to make clear the meaning of the rule.
New Rule 3 with the court note is as follows:
The action of this court on October 14, 1976, was to clarify the scope of Rule 3. Nevertheless, we consider old Rule 3 to have been broad enough to include review of workmen's compensation cases. The time within which review of a lower court decision may be sought is procedural.
Thus, the 42-day provision of Rule 4 ARAP is controlling in this case.
Therefore, we reverse the decision of the Court of Civil Appeals and remand the cause to that court.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
All the Justices concur.