PENTECOST v. ANCHOR WIRE CORP.


662 S.W.2d 327 (1983)

Helen PENTECOST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANCHOR WIRE CORPORATION and Commercial Union Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Maxwell, Joseph M. Dalton, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

David N. Shearon, Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The question presented in this workers' compensation appeal is whether the trial court erred in sua sponte dismissing the Plaintiff's suit during the course of the Defendant's proof without allowing rebuttal of that proof by Plaintiff. We are of the opinion that the action by the trial court was error, and we therefore reverse and remand this cause for a new trial.

The Plaintiff-Appellant, Mrs. Helen Pentecost, began...

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