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NIDIFFER v. CLINCHFIELD R. CO.

600 S.W.2d 242 (1980)

Walter D. NIDIFFER and wife, Ruth D. Bullington Nidiffer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CLINCHFIELD RAILROAD COMPANY and the Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied May 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand Powell, Jr., Johnson City, for defendants-appellants; Thomas J. Seeley, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Clinchfield Railroad Co., Erwin, and Joseph S. Fanduzz, Johnson City, of counsel.

Lodge Evans, Elizabethton, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 19, 1980.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The principal issue presented on appeal is what duty is owed by an employer in the selection and retention of a group insurance carrier to its employees who elect to become insureds under the group policy.

This suit was instituted after plaintiffs, former employees of Clinchfield Railroad Company, were notified that...

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