Haddix v. Day & Night Manufacturing Co.

OPINION

PONES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the employee from a denial of compensation by the Circuit Court of Shelby County in a workmen’s compensation case. The trial court found that appellant was injured within the scope and course of his employment, and that appellant was in all respects entitled to recover compensation except for certain false statements made in his application for employment.

In support of his appeal before this Court, appellant maintains: (1) the false statements in the application and medical history forms were not willfully and knowingly made; (2) the employer…