JAKES v. UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR COMPANY


334 S.W.2d 720 (1960)

Jessie F. JAKES, Plaintiff in Error, v. UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR COMPANY et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockell, Rutherford & Crockett, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

Denney, Leftwich & Osborn, Nashville, for defendants in error.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

Mrs. Jessie F. Jakes brought her action for compensation in accordance with T.C.A. § 50-901 et seq., the Tennessee Workmen's Compensation statute, to recover for the death of her husband, Glenn Jackson Jakes, Sr., on March 25, 1959, while he was an employee of the Union Carbide Nuclear Company at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The petition alleged that deceased suffered a heart attack resulting from strain, effort and exertion in the work he...

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