Quaker Oats Co. v. Smith

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Virginia Smith, an employee of Quaker Oats Company, filed an action in the Chancery Court of Madison County seeking to recover benefits under the Workmen’s Com pensation Act. In substance, Mrs. Smith alleged that she had fallen on two occasions while performing work assigned to her, and had sustained injuries to her legs and back. She further alleged that in necessary treatment of the injury to her back, she had undergone surgery and was permanently disabled. Quaker Oats denied receiving notice from Mrs. Smith of a work-connected injury to her back, and denied that Mrs.…