LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. STEVENSON


368 S.W.2d 760 (1963)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. Willie STEVENSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll C. Johnson and Allen Cox, Jr., Memphis, Waring, Walker, Cox & Lewis, Memphis, of counsel, for appellant.

J. W. Kirkpatrick and John B. Mack, Memphis, Clifton, Mack & Kirkpatrick, Memphis, of counsel, for appellee.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation suit brought under the provisions of § 50-901 et seq., T.C.A. The Chancellor awarded the petitioner thirty-five (35%) per cent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. To this award no exception has been taken. In addition to the above award the sum of $2,500.00 punitive damages was awarded on the ground that the insurance company, appellant here, refused to pay compensation for a period of...

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