Legal Opinion

H. K. Ferguson Co. v. Kirk

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 9, 1961PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

Employee, Kirk, was found by tbe Circuit Judge to have suffered a 15 percent permanent loss of bearing by reason of an injury which arose out of, and in tbe course of, bis employment. H. K. Ferguson Company, employer, prosecutes this appeal. The most relied upon insist*89ence apparently is that there is no material evidence to support this finding.

Kirk was engaged in a welding operation. The location of the article being welded was directly over his head. In the course of this welding a spark of fire fell into his left ear. He went at once to a first aid…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Diamond Coal Co. v. JacksonTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Ledford v. Miller Bros. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1952

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lang v. Nissan North America, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2005

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