NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. v. COLE


532 S.W.2d 246 (1975)

The NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY, Appellant, v. Estle J. COLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.D. Bridges, Catlett, Ramsey & Bridges, Jefferson City, for appellant.

William P. Newkirk, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead, Davis & McCord, P.C., Knoxville, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Cole was awarded workmen's compensation benefits for a "closely related" occupational disease and defendant, New Jersey Zinc Company, his employer, appeals.

Defendant has assigned seven (7) errors, and the principal issue raised is whether the medical proof is sufficient to establish that plaintiff suffers from an occupational disease closely related to those named in T.C.A. § 50-1101 and having its origin...

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