MORGAN v. RHEEM MFG. CO.

Civ. 2399.

395 So.2d 1030 (1981)

Walter Earl MORGAN v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

March 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Hutchinson of Kirk & Hutchinson, Montgomery, for appellant.

N. T. Braswell, III, of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, for appellee.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The trial court held that the employee had failed to file suit within the time prescribed under our workmen's compensation law and was thus barred. The employee appeals.

Section 25-5-80, Code of Alabama (1975) provides a one-year statute of limitations for the filing of a civil action claiming workmen's compensation benefits. The statute begins to run from the date of the injury. Cunningham...

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