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JEFFREY MANUFACTURING CO. OF TENN. v. UNDERWOOD

426 S.W.2d 189 (1968)

JEFFREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, Inc., Plaintiff in Error, v. Lester H. UNDERWOOD, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe A. Tilson, Morristown, for plaintiff in error; Taylor, Inman, Tilson & Line, Morristown, of counsel.

Joseph L. Reed, Morristown, for defendant in error; Reed & Terry, Morristown, of counsel.

OPINION

DYER, Justice.

This is an appeal in a workmen's compensation case by the employer, Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Tennessee, Inc., from an award made to the employee, Lester H. Underwood.

On April 12, 1966, the employee injured the second finger of his right hand when a piece of metal penetrated the proximal or first joint of his finger. This metal was excised leaving the finger stiff and useless. The trial court found the injury to the...

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