ARMOUR v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION


594 S.W.2d 690 (1980)

Albert ARMOUR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Douglas Nichol, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Earl R. Layman, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this case a controlling issue is whether or not the provisions of Chapter 295 of the Public Acts of 1979, effective July 1, 1979, relative to the payment of workmen's compensation awards in a lump sum, can be retroactively applied.

In the case of Valles v. Daniel Construction Co., 589 S.W.2d 911 (Tenn. 1979), the Court held that the provisions of this Act, which are clearly more than...

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