McKinney v. Berkline Corp.

OPINION

ERBY L. JENKINS, Special Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case from the Circuit Court of Hamblen County.

The plaintiff brought suit on March 23, 1973, against her employer, The Berkline Corporation, alleging that she was injured in the line of duty on June 21, 1972, while lifting some sofa backs. She did not seek medical advice or make complaint on that date, but reported to Betty Jean Crigger, a nurse for the defendant corporation on July 10, 1973, that she had a catch in her hip.

The defendant, for answer to the plaintiff’s petition says that Mrs. McKinney was not injured in…