LAYNE v. TENNESSEE CONSOLIDATED COAL COMPANY


337 S.W.2d 237 (1960)

Albert LAYNE, Appellant, v. TENNESSEE CONSOLIDATED COAL COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Turnblazer, Middlesboro, Kentucky, for appellant.

Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Paul D. Kelly, Jr., Jasper, for appellee.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

May 6, 1959, petitioner filed his petition for compensation for permanent and total disability. He alleged in substance that he had been employed as a coal miner by trade by defendant for over 20 years until about September 16, 1957, when he received an injury for which he has been paid workmen's compensation. That by reason of the conditions under which his work was performed he has been exposed to silica dust and that on February 21, 1959, he...

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