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Walter J. O'Dazier Jr.
vs.
U. S. Steel Fairfield Works
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Issues:
Drug test, injury, worker's compensation, illegal evidence
Case Summary:
Walter J. O'Dazier, Jr., fights for worker's compensation benefits, arguing that his knee injury arose in the course of his employment with U.S. Steel and that the positive drug test
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
Jefferson Circuit Court found that O'Dazier had not shown that his injury was caused by an accident during the course of his employment.
Outcome:
O'Dazier loses; Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama affirms lower court decision, finding that there was medical evidence at the trial court level sufficient to deny O'Dazier's claim. The drug test in question, administered after O'Dazier suffered a seizure on the job, had no bearing on the injury