Bryant v. Edwards

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case in which the defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court awarding benefits for 60% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole and for certain medical expenses. The plaintiff’s injuries occurred while cutting trees for the defendant in his logging business when a tree fell and struck the plaintiff causing severe injuries to his head, shoulder and ribs.

When the defendant was served with process he engaged the services of attorney Charles R. Terry of Morristown, Tennessee, who made an appearance and filed an…