Ingram v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Plaintiff, Rodney Keith Ingram appeals dismissal of his Workers’ Compensation claim on defendants’ motion for summary judgment in the trial court.

Between 1973 and 1979, while working for Union Carbide Corporation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, appellant was exposed to asbestos insulation dust. As a result of this exposure Mr. Ingram was diagnosed by pulmonary specialist, Dr. Ronald Cherry, as suffering from an asbestos related disease referred to as “benign asbestos pleural plaques.”

The parties have stipulated to expert medical evidence presented in form of an affidavit by…