Treadway v. Associated Transport, Inc.

OPINION

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

Mrs. Martha Treadway filed this action to recover workmen’s compensation benefits for the death of her husband, Lawrence Treadway, who was an employee of the defendant at the time of his death. Plaintiff claims that her husband’s death arose out of and in the course of his employment for the defendant and that she is entitled to benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Tennessee.

Defendant denies liability upon the theory that the death may have arisen out of decedent’s employment but did not arise in the course of his employment. Defendant says…