LAY v. BLUE DIAMOND COAL CO.


264 S.W.2d 223 (1953)

LAY et al. v. BLUE DIAMOND COAL CO.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied February 11, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poore, Cox, Baker & McAuley, of Knoxville, for petitioner.

Boyce Griffith, of LaFollette, for respondent.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

On the day that Lay was first employed as a coal miner by Blue Diamond Coal Company he was found at his place of work by a fellow employee in an unconscious condition. This was on March 9, 1951. He was taken immediately to the hospital, and died there on April 24, 1951. The immediate cause of death was thrombosis.

His widow, in behalf of herself and their five minor children, instituted suit for compensation under the provisions of the...

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