CHOATE v. ATHENS MFG. CORP.


675 S.W.2d 169 (1984)

Robert CHOATE, Appellant, v. ATHENS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION and Insurance Company of North America, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad Finnell, Cleveland, for appellant.

Kenneth D. Higgins, Higgins, Biddle & Chester, Athens, for appellees.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The issue in this worker's compensation appeal is whether an injury incurred in an automobile accident is compensable as arising out of and in the course of plaintiff-employee's employment.

Plaintiff, Robert Choate, at the time of his accident and injury was the production manager for Athens Manufacturing Corporation. According to plaintiff's testimony, on Friday, June 12, 1981, John Wesley Carter, the plant manager of Athens...

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