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TOWN OF NEWPORT v. WEBB

446 S.W.2d 683 (1969)

TOWN OF NEWPORT et al., v. Anderson H. WEBB.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 31, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenneth Porter, Newport, for Anderson H. Webb; Porter & Porter, Newport, of counsel.

J.H. Hodges, Knoxville, for U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

G.P. Gaby, Greeneville, for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.; Milligan, Silvers & Coleman, Greeneville, of counsel.

OPINION

McCANLESS Justice.

The petitioner, Anderson H. Webb, sustained a right inguinal hernia on February 22, 1965, under circumstances creating liability under the Workmen's Compensation Law against the Town of Newport and its insurer. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company. The insurer offered the petitioner an operation to correct the hernia, but he declined it. Thereafter, about May 19, 1966, the petitioner suffered another injury that enlarged...

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