Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. v. Jackson

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

This case concerns the notice requirements of the Alabama Workmen’s Compensation Act, § 25-5-78, Ala.Code 1975 (1986 Repl.Vol.).

After an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court found that the employee “gave sufficient notice of his injury even though it may have been in a casual conversation that his toe had a blister or even though he did not know that he had been injured by frostbite.” The employer appeals.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether there is any evidence to support the trial court’s conclusion that the employee gave sufficient notice.

At the outset, we…