MELTON v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC.


625 S.W.2d 713 (1981)

Kathy L. MELTON, Appellee, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Hooper, Gracey, Maddin, Cowan & Bird, Nashville, for appellant.

Ken Burger, Burger, Fly & McFarlin, Murfreesboro, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The only issue involved in this appeal by the employer in a workers' compensation case, is whether an amendment of its pleading was necessary as a prerequisite to asserting and proving that defendant had overpaid plaintiff, employee, for temporary total disability, entitling defendant to a credit against the permanent partial disability award.

Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that she injured her left knee in the course...

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