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WOODS v. HARRY B. WOODS PLUMBING CO.

967 S.W.2d 768 (1998)

Rebecca Fay WOODS, Harry B. Woods, Jr., and Shirley Ann Woods, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. HARRY B. WOODS PLUMBING COMPANY, INC., Harpeth Construction Co., Inc., and Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Othal Smith, Jr., Nashville, for Appellants.

William G. McCaskill, Jr., Taylor, Philbin, Pigue, Marchetti & Bennett, Nashville, for Appellees, Harpeth Construction Co., Inc. and Travelers Insurance Company.

OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

We granted this workers' compensation appeal to address two issues: (1) whether the decedent's death arose out of and in the course of employment; and (2) whether the decedent was the initial aggressor; and if so, whether the aggressor doctrine precluded recovery. We find that the decedent's death arose out of and in the course of employment. As to the second issue, we hold the common law aggressor defense as it relates to workers...

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