Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Keefe

• Court: Alabama Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: BROWN, J.
• Citation: Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Keefe, 216 Ala. 379, 113 So. 400 (Ala. 1927)
• Decision Date: 15 June 1927
• Docket Number: 6 Div. 895
• Parties: SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON CO. v. KEEFE.

113 So. 400

216 Ala. 379

SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON CO. v. KEEFE.

6 Div. 895

Supreme Court of Alabama

June 15, 1927

Certiorari to Circuit Court, Jefferson County.

Proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Law by Dennis Keefe claimant, opposed by the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, employer. From a finding and judgment in favor of claimant, the employer brings certiorari. Writ granted and reversed and remanded.

Bradley Baldwin, All & White, S.M. Bronaugh, and W.M. Neal, all of Birmingham, for petitioner.

Mathews & Mathews, of Bessemer, for respondent.

BROWN J.

Knowledge brought home to the employer within 90 days of the injury to the employee caused by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, or notice as prescribed by the statute, is an essential element of the employee's cause of action under the Workmen's Compensation Law. Code of 1923, §§ 7568, 7569; Ex parte Stith Coal Co., 213 Ala. 399 104 So. 756; Ex parte Harper, 210 Ala. 134, 97 So. 140; Ex parte Big Four Coal Mining Co., 213 Ala. 305, 104 So. 764.

It is conceded that the notice prescribed by the statute was not given. The judgment in favor of the plaintiff is based on the conclusion or finding "that the plaintiff received an injury to his eye as a proximate result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment of which the defendant had knowledge." The statement of facts made by the trial court, and embraced in the judgment does not sustain the conclusion that the defendant had knowledge of the injury, nor does the conclusion of the court based on the evidence show that such...