LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. STARNES


563 S.W.2d 178 (1978)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. O.K. STARNES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Alley, Jr., Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for appellant.

Ward S. Whelchel, Jr., H. Douglas Nichol, Gillenwater & Whelchel, Knoxville, for appellee.


OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The sole issue presented is whether the appellee, O.K. Starnes, is entitled to benefits for asbestosis at the rates in effect on the date of his last injurious exposure to asbestos while employed at Bowaters Southern Paper Company (Bowaters) or at those in effect at the time he first became disabled as a result of the disease. The trial judge employed the latter rate, and Liberty Mutual Insurance...

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