Patterson v. Bessemer Coal, Iron & Land Co.

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is a suit by Mr. Finley Patterson against the Bessemer Coal, Iron & Land Company, to recover benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law for alleged injuries sustained by him which he claims arose out of and in the course of his employment in June or July, 1958.

It is the theory of plaintiff that he was working as a motor operator for the defendant near Oliver Springs, Tennessee, and that on the date indicated the motor which he operated and another motor operated by a fellow employee collided, plaintiff’s motor being struck from the rear, and that he…