Holt v. Dunlop Tire Corp.

This is a workmen's compensation case.

On August 28, 1992, Joe Stanley Holt filed a complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court, alleging that he had suffered an injury to his rotator cuff in his right shoulder on January 23, 1992, arising out of and in the course of his employment with Dunlop Tire Corporation and seeking compensation for that injury. Dunlop answered, alleging that Holt had not sustained a job-related injury and that his disability, if any, was caused by a pre-existing injury that was unrelated to his employment.

On the day of trial, the parties stipulated that on January 23,…