DUDLEY v. MESA INDUSTRIES

1981384.

770 So.2d 1082 (2000)

William DUDLEY v. MESA INDUSTRIES and Fluke Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Clay Fellows and Ben C. Hand, Jr., of Hand & Associates, Opelika; and Donald R. Harrison of Harrison & Edmonson, Dadeville, for appellant.

W.F. Horsley of Samford, Denson, Horsley, Pettey & Bridges, Opelika, for appellee Fluke Corporation.

Charles A. Stewart III and Brian P. Strength of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Montgomery, for appellee Mesa Industries.


MADDOX, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether an order approving a workers' compensation settlement and releasing the employer from "any and all claims for compensation and vocational rehabilitation benefits due or which may become due to the employee under the Workmen's Compensation Act of Alabama" is to be understood as adjudicating in the employer's favor a pending claim by the employee that is based on § 25-5-11, Ala.Code 1975. We hold that...

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