Poore v. Magnavox Co. of Tennessee

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case the trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, holding that (1) the statute of limitations had run on the plaintiff’s cause of action and (2) that plaintiff’s injury was not compensable. In this Court the attorney for the defendant-appellee admits that an issue of fact was created respecting the second ground of the summary judgment.

The issue presented, then, is whether or not the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff’s action was barred by the statute of…