Ex Parte Dunlop Tire Corporation

Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Dunlop Tire Corporation, 719 So. 2d 1183 (Ala. 1998)
1998 Ala. LEXIS 50; 1998 WL 57747
See, Hooper, Almon, Houston, Cook

Ex Parte Dunlop Tire Corporation

Opinion of the Court

SEE, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari review to address the sole issue whether Dunlop Tire Corporation (“Dunlop”) is entitled to set off a $25,000 “service award” against the amount of a workers’ compensation judgment for an injured Dunlop employee. The Court of Civil Appeals held that Dunlop was not entitled to a set-off for the service award. Dunlop Tire Corp. v. Robinson, 719 So.2d 1181 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997). In light of this Court’s recent decision in Ex parte Dunlop Tire Corp., 706 So.2d 729 (Ala. 1997), we reverse that portion of the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals that disallowed the set-off, and we remand the case.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

HOOPER, C.J., and ALMON, HOUSTON, and COOK, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex Parte Dunlop Tire Corporation. (Re Dunlop Tire Corporation v. Frank James Robinson, Jr.).
Status
Published