Court Opinion

ID: 7765194
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:43:34.432896+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:34:02.174710
License: Public Domain

While I concur in the majority opinion, I write separately to note that the court's decision in this case is supported by the statutory definitions of "employer" and "employee" in the Workers' Compensation Act. See Ala. Code 1975, § 25-5-1(4) and (5). In particular, the latter provision defines an "employee" as "every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or w ritten. . . ." (Emphasis added.) As discussed in the majority opinion, this case does not involve a contract of hire — either express or implied.