NORMENT SECURITY GROUP v. Chaney

On March 8, 2004, Ronald Chaney sued his employer, Norment Security Group, seeking to recover workers' compensation benefits. Chaney's complaint alleged that he had been injured in a work-related accident on March 9, 2002. The parties agreed to bifurcate the proceedings and to hold a separate hearing on the issue whether Chaney had provided Norment Security with proper notice of his alleged accident. Following an ore tenus hearing on the matter of notice only, the trial court, on May 4, 2005, issued an order finding that Chaney had provided Norment Security with sufficient notice of his…