Renfroe v. Gold Kist, Inc.

The employee, Winston Renfroe, filed a claim against his employer pursuant to the Alabama Workmen's Compensation Act. After an ore tenus proceeding the trial court found that on December 8, 1986, the employee was accidentally injured in the line and scope of his employment and was due certain benefits. The trial court specifically found, however, that a subsequent injury on December 29, 1986, was not compensable in that the employee failed to meet the burden of proving that the second injury was a direct result of the first compensable injury. The employee appeals.

The dispositive issue on…