SULLIVAN v. GREEN


331 S.W.2d 686 (1959)

Luther SULLIVAN v. G.L. GREEN D/B/A Big Rock Coal Company.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied February 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.A. Greer, Jr., Dunlap, for plaintiff-appellant.

A.A. Kelly, South Pittsburg, for defendant-appellee.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff in the trial court, was seriously and permanently injured while working as a regular employee of the defendant, Big Rock Coal Company. His injury resulted from pushing a loaded coal car in the defendant's mine. His disability flows from a hiatus hernia or rupture of the diaphragm.

The defendant employer paid the petitioner compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Statute at the rate of...

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