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BECK v. STATE

779 S.W.2d 367 (1989)

Carolyn BECK, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Gibson, Knoxville, for plaintiff/appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter and Elizabeth R. McCarter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant/appellant.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer, the State of Tennessee, appeals from the Claims Commission's award of benefits for a mental disability incurred when Plaintiff, a driver's license examiner, was assaulted on the premises of her employer's Driver's License Testing Center. The State insists that the assault was not a sufficiently acute, sudden, or unexpected emotional stress to support the finding of "injury...

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