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DUCKWORTH v. GLOBE BUSINESS FURNITURE, INC.

806 S.W.2d 526 (1991)

Bruce DUCKWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLOBE BUSINESS FURNITURE, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

February 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Y. Longmire, Jr., Hendersonville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert Orr, Jr., Nashville, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

The only issue in this workers' compensation appeal is the propriety of the lump sum award ordered by the trial court. The employer, Globe Business Furniture, Inc., insists that the trial judge abused his discretion in commuting the award to the employee to a single payment of $73,640.91. The employee, Bruce Duckworth, argues in response that the lump sum commutation was awarded without objection from the defendant, who has thereby...

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