Supreme Court of Alabama, 2003

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Rowland

Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided January 24, 2003 · Houston, Johnstone, Lyons, Moore, Woodall

854 So. 2d 64; 2003 Ala. LEXIS 19; 2003 WL 164521 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

WRIT DENIED. NO OPINION.

MOORE, C.J., and LYONS and WOODALL, JJ., concur. HOUSTON, J., concurs specially.

Concurring Opinion

HOUSTON, Justice

(concurring specially).

I concur. This Court does not have jurisdiction to decide whether David Rowland was receiving disability benefits from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which Goodyear could then offset against Rowland’s workers’ compensation benefits. See Etheredge v. Genie Indus., Inc., 632 So.2d 1324, 1325 (Ala. 1994); Horton v. Horton, 822 So.2d 431, 434 (Ala.Civ.App. 2001); Rule 39(a)(1) and (d)(5)(c), Ala. R.App. P.

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