Norton Co. v. Coffin

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

The employer, Norton Company, and its insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appeal from the decree of the trial court awarding benefits to the employee. We are to determine whether or not the trial court erred in concluding that the action was not barred by the one year statute of limitations, T.C.A., § 50-1003, and that the plaintiff, employee, had complied with the notice requirements of T.C.A., § 50-1001.

Plaintiff was, at all times material to this case, the manager of Norton Company’s plant in Chattanooga and was its highest…