Venue for Comp Claim Can't Be Based on Principal's Place of Business

When a subcontractor's employee is injured while working on a project, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that venue for that employee's comp claim is not proper in the county where the project's principal was located, if the actual employer does not do business there. Case: Ex Parte Diamond Scaffold Services Group, No. 2130771, 08/08/2014, published. Facts: Daniel Reed worked for the Diamond Scaffold Services Group, a company that provides services to erect, maintain and dismantle industrial scaffolding.  ThyssenKrupp Steel USA hired Diamond as a subcontractor on a p...