Bacon v. Sevier County

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation action, Plaintiff-Appellee, Milton Bacon, a bailiff/process server, seeks disability benefits on the theory that job-related stress caused him to have a heart attack. The employer, Sevier County, Defendant-Appellant, has appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Sevier County awarding worker’s compensation disability benefits to the employee, Bacon. The employer challenges the trial court’s award on the basis that in awarding benefits, the court erroneously applied a causal presumption in favor of the employee contained in T.C.A. §…