HELTON v. STATE


800 S.W.2d 823 (1990)

Herbert Joe HELTON, Claimant/Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Chattanooga.

December 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don W. Poole, Poole, Lawrence, Thornbury Stanley & Morgan, Chattanooga, for claimant-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter and David T. Whitefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

In this appeal of a workers' compensation action from the Tennessee Claims Commission the claimant/appellant, Herbert Joe Helton, contends the Commissioner erred in denying payment of medical benefits under the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law.

Claimant was employed as a Tennessee Highway Patrolman from 1957 to 1964. For the next four years he was employed as a criminal investigator with the District Attorney General...

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