Dalton Logistics, the employer, appealed against the Choctaw Circuit Court's decision, seeking summary judgement against a civil action by Ernest Harold Presley, the employee. Presley was pursuing a claim under the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act after suffering a work injury in North Dakota.
The employer appealed on the basis that the act did not apply to Presley's claim and that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. The court agreed with the employer and granted the appeal based on the fact that the employee's work was primarily based in North Dakota, hence Alabama's Workers' Compensation Act did not apply.
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