TENNLITE, INC. v. LASSITER


561 S.W.2d 157 (1978)

TENNLITE, INC. and Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Wendell Hyman LASSITER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Peebles, III, John W. Wade, Jr., Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for appellants.

Samuel L. Swann, Springfield, for appellee.


OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Special Judge.

In this worker's compensation case, the employee, Lassiter, was found by the trial judge to be totally and permanently disabled as the result of multiple injuries received in an industrial accident. On appeal, the employer and the employer's insurance carrier contend that the judgment must be reversed because (1) the award under T.C.A. § 50-1007(d) was legally...

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