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COUCH v. CITY OF RAINBOW CITY

2030645.

910 So.2d 772 (2005)

Karen COUCH v. CITY OF RAINBOW CITY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 2005.

Certiorari Denied April 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Rhea of Rhea, Boyd, Rhea & Coggin, Gadsden, for appellant.

Jack Lee Roberts, Jr., of Turnbach, Warren, Roberts & Lloyd, P.C., Gadsden, for appellee.

James A. Abernathy II of Ford, Martin & Abernathy, P.C., Tuscaloosa, for amici curiae Victims of Crime and Leniency, Alabama State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, and Alabama Sheriffs Association, in support of the appellant.

Alabama Supreme Court 1040710.

THOMPSON, Judge.

Karen Couch sued her former employer, Rainbow City ("the City"), seeking workers' compensation benefits pursuant to the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the Act"), based on an alleged occupational disease. Specifically, Couch alleged in her complaint that she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD") and "occupational depression" in the line and scope of her employment...

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