Supreme Court Won't Allow Defendant to Challenge Widow's Standing

The Alabama Supreme Court declined to grant mandamus relief to allow a defendant in a workers' compensation/wrongful death action to amend an answer to raise a previously omitted affirmative defense. Case: Ex Parte TruckMax Inc., No. SC-2022-0957, 02/17/2023, published. Facts: In October 2020, Joseph Harris was killed when he was struck by a litter truck while cleaning up trash on Interstate 22. At the time of the accident, Harris was employed by StaffZone, a temporary employment agency, which had sent him to work for the Sweeping Corp. of America. SCA owned the truck that str...