Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Satterfield
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1978PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
Defendant Simpson, doing business as Hartsville Livestock Market, appeals from a workmen’s compensation award of eighty-three weeks temporary total disability, and $5,000 medical benefits.
The only assignment of error is as follows:
“It was error to allow recovery for temporary total disability and medical expenses because there was no expert medical testimony to show medical causation between the injury and the loss.”
On Saturday, August 8, 1970, plaintiff, Charles Satterfield, was employed to work at the Hartsville Livestock Market. One of his duties was “separating…
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