NAILS v. AETNA INS. CO.


834 S.W.2d 289 (1992)

Woodrow NAILS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY and Sue Ann Head, Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Whitaker, Covington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edwin E. Wallis, Jr., J. Mark Patey, Moss, Benton, Wallis & Pettigrew, Jackson, for defendant-appellee, Aetna Ins. Co.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee, Second Injury Fund.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this workers' compensation appeal, the trial court found that there were no grounds to set aside a lump sum permanent disability award under Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-206, or Tenn.R.Civ.P. 60.02, and further found that the plaintiff had not suffered a new injury nor aggravated an old injury. The trial court denied recovery, and we affirm.

The plaintiff, Woodrow Nails, age 47, had been employed by Maxwell's Big Star...

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