Legal Opinion

Carver v. Sparta Electric System

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 8, 1985PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation action, the chancellor held that an employer-employee relationship existed between Plaintiff and Defendant Sparta Electric System and awarded disability benefits to Plaintiff. The court awarded $11,369.39 for medical expenses and maximum temporary total disability benefits from the date of the injury, July 16, 1980, to December 2, 1980. The trial court further ordered Defendants to pay for additional surgical procedures designed to treat a cosmetic disfigurement to Plaintiff’s head. Defendants appeal, alleging first that Plaintiff was an…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Masiers v. Arrow Transfer & Storage Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Lindsey v. Smith and Johnson, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Wooten Transports, Inc. v. HunterTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Seals v. ZolloTennessee Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Simpson v. Frontier Community Credit UnionTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Galloway v. Memphis Drum ServiceTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Stratton v. United Inter-Mountain Telephone Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Lindsey v. Trinity Communications, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Youngblood v. WallCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991

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