TENPENNY v. BATESVILLE CASKET CO., INC.


781 S.W.2d 841 (1989)

Loyd TENPENNY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Wiseman III, North & Gideon, Nashville, for defendant-appellant.

H. Thomas Parsons, Parsons & Nichols, Manchester, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the chancery court's judgment awarding the plaintiff Workers' Compensation benefits. The Chancellor found the defendant liable for benefits for fifty-percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. The defendant appeals on two grounds: (1) the trial court erred in finding that the plaintiff had complied with the notice requirement of Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-201 and (2) the trial court...

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