New Jersey Zinc Co. v. Cole

532 S.W.2d 246 (1975)

The NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

Estle J. COLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 22, 1975.

O.D. Bridges, Catlett, Ramsey & Bridges, Jefferson City, for appellant.

William P. Newkirk, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead, Davis & McCord, P.C., Knoxville, for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Cole was awarded workmen's compensation benefits for a "closely related" occupational disease and defendant, New Jersey Zinc Company, his employer, appeals.

Defendant has assigned seven (7) errors, and the principal issue raised is whether the medical proof is…