New Jersey Zinc Co. v. Cole

OPINION

PONES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Cole was awarded workmen’s compensation benefits for a “closely related” occupational disease and defendant, New Jersey Zinc Company, his employer, appeals.

Defendant has assigned seven (7) errors, and the principal issue raised is whether the medical proof is sufficient to establish that plaintiff suffers from an occupational disease closely related to those named in T.C.A. § 50-1101 and having its origin and cause in a risk connected with his employment by defendant.

I

Plaintiff worked for defendant for more than sixteen (16) years, beginning in April,…