Catlett v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation action the employer, Lawson Electric Company, and its insurer, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellants, have appealed from a judgment rendered in favor of Audrey Catlett, Plaintiff-Appellee, by the Circuit Court of Hamilton County. Audrey Catlett is the widow of William Catlett, the employee, who died in December, 1988, from lung cancer purportedly caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos while working at a paper mill in Chattanooga known as the Rock-Tenn Company from 1944 to 1981. The issues before this Court…