Cawthron v. Scott

The appeals in the above two styled cases present the same question for our consideration.

Mrs. Lula Mae Cawthron was an employee of the Bradley-Sun Division, American Can Company, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, from October 11, 1962, nntil September 1963, at which time she underwent an operation on her gall bladder. Prior to her operation she worked the third shift, or from eleven P.M., until seven A.M.

Due to her operation she was off from work for eight weeks. Two weeks after she returned to her work she requested her employer to transfer her from the third shift to a day shift. Her employer was…