Legal Opinion
Argonaut Insurance Co. v. Vanatta
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1976PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
This is an action for workmen’s compensation benefits brought on behalf of the dependents of a deceased truck driver, James L. Vanatta. On this appeal the issues are the applicability of the Tennessee workmen’s compensation law to the death of decedent, and the effect of a “trip lease” executed by him in connection with the freight delivery which he was making at the time of his death.
The decedent was killed in a single vehicle accident on November 3,1971 while driving a tractor-trailer unit on U. S. Interstate 24 in Marion County, Tennessee. He resided in Cannon…
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- United States Casualty Co. v. Standard Acc. Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1940
- Ray v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Millican v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1970
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