M.B. McMAHAN LUMBER CO. v. OWNBY


232 S.W.2d 12 (1950)

M.B. McMAHAN LUMBER CO. v. OWNBY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Bruce Foster, Knoxville, (Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, Knoxville, of counsel), for plaintiff in error.

R.L. Ogle, Sevierville, for defendant in error.


BURNETT, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation suit. Three questions are raised, namely:

"1. Whether or not an employee suffering an injury to a foot and ankle, which is not totally disabling, is confined to a recovery for injury to a specific member or can he recover for permanent partial disability to his body as a whole?

"2. Whether or not refusal to wear a foot brace which is tendered to him by his employer's doctor, who states that the brace...

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