DUKE v. ITT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.


655 S.W.2d 950 (1983)

Charlie DUKE, Appellant, v. ITT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan J. Dearing and Charles S. Kelly, Dyersburg, for appellant.

Jerry D. Kizer, Jr., Menzies, Rainey, Kizer & Alderson, Jackson, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

The sole determinative issue in this worker's compensation appeal is whether the trial judge erred in dismissing plaintiff's suit for failure to give notice of injury as required by T.C.A. § 50-6-201.

Plaintiff sought worker's compensation benefits as the result of back injuries allegedly incurred on October 14, 1980, while doing some lifting during the course and scope of his employment with defendant, I.T.T. Plaintiff...

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