I respectfully dissent. I find the issue presented in this case indistinguishable from the issue presented in American Cyanamid v. Shepherd, 668 So.2d 26 (Ala.Civ.App. 1995), and I consider the rationale of American Cyanamid to be dispositive of the issue raised in this case. In affirming, the majority rigidly applies the limitations provisions of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act and ignores the beneficent purposes of that Act.
Robertson, P.J., concurs.