Beatrice Foods Company v. Clemons

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a review by statutory certiorari of a judgment granting a claim for workmen’s compensation.

The primary issue presented for our consideration is whether the evidence supports the finding of the trial court that there was actual knowledge by the employer of the accident and injury sufficient to remove the requirement of written notice as provided by Title 26, Sec. 294 of the Alabama Code.

Though the statute requiring written notice to the employer of the occurrence of an accident within 90 days remains in the Code, judicial construction thereof has, to a great…