Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Spears

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 13, 1965PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PEE CUEIAM.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The trial judge granted the plaintiff, Howard Spears, weekly compensation of $36.00 for a seventy-five per cent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole, together with temporary total disability benefits and medical and hospital expenses. Defendants have appealed and assigned six assignments of error.

In his petition, plaintiff alleged defendants had elected to be bound by the workmen’s compensation law; that on May 22, 1964, while working for defendants, he suffered a serious injury to his back; and that at the time he was being…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Odom v. Sanford & TreadwayTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Seals v. ZolloTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Ward v. North American Rayon CorporationTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Brademeyer v. Chickasaw Bldg. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  5. White v. the Pinkerton Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Galloway v. Memphis Drum ServiceTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Winchester v. SeayTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Carver v. Sparta Electric SystemTennessee Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Cromwell General Contractor, Inc. v. LytleTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Consolidation Coal Company v. PrideTennessee Supreme Court · 1970

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