O'Dazier v. U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation ease.

On February 7, 1992, Walter J. O’Dazier filed a complaint in the Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeking workmen’s compensation benefits from his employer U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works (USX). O’Dazier alleged that on March 2, 1990,1 he had suffered an injury to his knee that arose out of and in the course of his employment with USX.

After an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court entered a judgment in favor of USX, finding that Walter O’Dazier had not “sustain[ed] his burden of proof to entitle him to recovery under the Workmen’s…