Tibbals Flooring Co. v. Marcum

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. In this opinion Tibbals Flooring Company, Inc., will be referred to as employer and Henry Clay Marcum as employee.

On 7 October 1964 the trial court made an award to employee against employer for weekly benefits for permanent and total disability. On 1 June 1965 employer, through its attorneys, requested of employee, through his attorneys, that employee undergo a physical examination for the purpose of determining any change in his disability. In this letter the employer designated Dr. H. M. Leeds of Oneida, Tennessee, as the examining physician. On 14…