1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 513 S.W.2d
  5. 513 S.W.2d 179 (1974)
 

WHEELER v. GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY

513 S.W.2d 179 (1974)

Alma G. WHEELER v. GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY and the City of Oak Ridge.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Bruce Foster, Jr., Ronald C. Koksal, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, Knoxville, for appellants.

H. Calvin Walter, Walter, Gilbertson & Claiborne, Knoxville, for appellee.

OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

This is a workman's compensation case in which the employee, Joseph G. Wheeler, sustained an injury from a fall in the course of his employment, but in which death resulted from complications arising out of chronic alcoholism. The case raises three distinct issues: whether there was material evidence to support the trial court's judgment awarding compensation benefits to Wheeler's widow; whether the injury was the proximate cause...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases