FIELDS PLASTICS OF TENNESSEE, INC. v. OWNBY


518 S.W.2d 356 (1974)

FIELDS PLASTICS OF TENNESSEE, INC., Appellant, v. Wilburn OWNBY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther, Anderson, Ruth & Cleary, Chattanooga, for appellant.

Winston H. Prince, Jr., Cleveland, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Employer, Fields Plastics of Tennessee, Inc., appeals from a workmen's compensation award of 25% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, resulting from the occupational disease of contact dermatitis. After termination of his employment at Fields Plastics, on the recommendation of a dermatologist, Ownby worked for a roofing company for approximately three weeks and had a recurrence of contact dermatitis. He then...

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