Royal Indemnity Co. v. Futtrell

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

The plaintiff was employed for many years as a coal miner by the Cumberland Coal Company who insured its liability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act with the appellant, Royal Indemnity Company, Inc. In 1972 plaintiff became disabled to continue said employment and brought an action under the workmen’s compensation *584law in the Chancery Court for Knox County seeking benefits for permanent total disability by reason of coal miner’s pneumoco-niosis and at that time, May 27, 1974, the Chancellor adjudicated his disability at 75%…