Seay v. Georgia Life Insurance
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County. — W. B. Gabvin, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The complainant, Seay, is a physician, and was under contract to render necessary medical attention to several hundred employees of a mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. He had in his employ two younger doctors as assistants.
A miner was hurt in an accident, and Dr. Seay’s office was notified. One of the assistants responded to the call, undertook to diagnose the injuries, and proceeded to treat them. In so doing the assistant acted under general directions, within the scope of his employment, but Dr. Seay appears to have had no knowledge of this particular case, or at any…
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