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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1931 | Jasper Hawn v. Sun Coal Co. | Campbell | Compensation |
Pltf. formerly employed as a miner by the deft., alleges that on 30 Oct. 1930 he was seriously injured by a coal machine while on the job, and left permanently disabled. Since the accident Sun Coal has paid pltf. $27 a month in compensation, a sum pltf. maintains is totally inadequate. (Prior to the accident pltf. made $20 a week.) Pltf. asks court to fix a fair compensation rate under the 1919 Workmen's Compensation statute & force the company to comply. Oversize drawing in M-17-16. Xrays OV ET 21 |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1338 | 165 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | M.L. Lay, admr. Of Virginia Lay, dec. v. W. D. Gibson et al. | Campbell | Trespass |
Additional defendant: G.M. Rogers. Lay sued for #25,000 damages. Virginia Lay was an 8 year old girl who was sent to Gibson's office, who was a physician, to be examined but not operated on. Gibson determined that her tonsils needed to be removed. Gibson forcibly and unlawfully operated on her in a cruel manner, cut an artery in her throat, and failed to stop the bleeding and instead laid her flat on a bed where she choked on her blood while still unconscious, dying when he later tried to save her. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1300 | 92 | Order A Copy |