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MARTIN BROS. CONTAINER & TIMBER v. LYNCH

551 S.W.2d 687 (1977)

MARTIN BROTHERS CONTAINER AND TIMBER CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Lillian W. LYNCH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Moore, Jr., Ewell & Farmer, Dyersburg, for appellant.

C.W. Miles, III, Miles & Miles, Union City, for appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

The only issue in this workmen's compensation appeal is whether claimant's lung condition is compensable as an "occupational disease" under Sec. 50-1101, T.C.A.

The injured worker, a fifty-one year old woman, began working for Martin Brothers Container & Timber Products Corporation in 1966, laying boards on an assembly line where wooden boxes are made. The 5-acre Martin Brothers factory saws between 100,000 and 130,000...

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