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COLUMBIA CONST. CO. v. SIMS

600 S.W.2d 706 (1980)

COLUMBIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Franklin D. SIMS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Petition to Rehear Denied June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle Malone, Jr., Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for appellant.

Jack B. Henry, Henry & Henry, Pulaski, for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Justice:

This is a workmen's compensation action in which the only issue is whether the disease that has caused appellee's disability is compensable as an "occupational disease" under T.C.A. § 50-1101 as it existed in March 1977.1

The facts are not in dispute. Appellee was employed by appellant from April 1976 until March 1977 as a welder on a job site at...

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