Kirk v. Magnavox Consumer Electronics Co.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case the trial court awarded benefits to the employee and the employer appeals urging that the trial court erred in finding that the employee had complied with the notice provisions of T.C.A., § 50-6-201.

The trial court found that the injured employee did give notice of her injury to Ms. Hope Drummond, an employee in the Personnel Department of the employer, on August 25, 1980, which was within thirty days of the date of the alleged accident. It is the defendant’s contention that Ms. Hope Drummond was not in “such supervisory capacity so…