Floyd v. Tennessee Dickel Distilling Company

This is an appeal by the defendant employer in a Workmen’s Compensation case. The principal question for review is whether there is any material evidence in the record to support the findings of the Chancellor.

The proof below on behalf of the petitioner employee, Evelyn Floyd, consisted solely of her own testimony. Mrs. Floyd testified that while working for the defendant, Tennessee Dickel Distilling Company, at a job that required repeated bending, lifting and twisting, she experienced severe back pains. She further testified that as a result of these pains she sought treatment from her…