Poe v. E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co.

OPINION

ERBY L. JENKINS, Special Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation proceedings brought by Mrs. Glenn (Maxine) Poe, widow of the deceased, seeking to recover for the death of her husband under Tennessee Workmen’s Compensation law. At the time of his death, on September 25, 1966, the deceased was an employee of the defendant, the E. I. DuPont DeNemours and Company, Inc.

The Chancellor was of the opinion that the petitioner failed to prove the occurrence of an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of the employment of the deceased and the existence of a causal connection…