Supreme Court Extends COVID Emergency Orders

The Supreme Court of Alabama issued an order extending until July 29 an administrative order suspending in-person proceedings for workers’ compensation cases. The court on Wednesday, in Administrative Order No. 10, extended the order issued March 18, 2020, that allowed comp settlement hearings to be conducted by telephone or videoconference after in-person proceedings were suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, most recently extended in December, was set to expire at the end of April. A copy of Administrative Order No. 10 is here. ...