Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry 1932 American Glanzstoff Corporation v. Oscar Pitts Carter Workman's Compensation

Defendant claimed he was paralyzed and blinded by inhaling toxic fumes while working for the plaintiff, a foreign company. He is sued for compensation for his injuries. Exhibits include insurance policies.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1447 206 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Cora Keeton v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company Scott Workman's Compensation

Plaintiff is the widow of Curt Keeton (dec.), who was employed by the defendant and was killed during the course of his work. He was accidentally thrown from an automobile driven by an agent of the defendant. At the time of his death, C. Keeton received an average weekly wage of $18.84.

 East Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1415 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Christine Albertini v. Blue Diamond Coal Company Campbell Workman's Compensation

Plaintiff is the widow of Joe Albertini (dec'd), who was killed while in the line of his employment with the defendant in its mines. sued for compensation under the laws of Tennessee.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1422 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 George Cooper, admr. of J. C. Cooper, dec. v. Blue Diamond Coal Co. Campbell Workman's Compensation

J. C. Cooper was an employee of the Defendant when he was killed by falling rock. The Defendant is accused of failing to make appropriate payments to the victims estate under workmen's compensation laws. Case file notes Cooper made $20 per week and was supporting his minor children Charles, Alice, Francis, and Barton Cooper. It is also noted that Charles Cooper is crippled and feeble minded.

 East Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1397 75 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Hedges-Walsh-Weidner Company v. Charles Haley Hamilton Workman's Compensation

Haley was a moulder at Hedges-Walsh-Weidner which manufactured boilers. He claimed that he suffered a permanent disability on the job while doing heavy lifting. After lacerating the ligaments in his side, he sued under the Tennessee Workman's Compensation Law. 2 folders

 East Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1372 254 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 J. C. Wells v. Knoxville Iron Company et al Knox Workman's Compensation

Add. Defendant American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. Plaintiff was employed by the Knoxville Iron Company, which held workman's compensation insurance through the co-defendant. The plaintiff was injured during the regular course of his employment duties and as a result was unable to perform work that was his sole source on income.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1420 226 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Mrs. Catherine Goins v. Cambria Coal Company Anderson Workman's Compensation

Plntff. sued to collect compensation in the death her son, Buford Goins, under the Workman's Compensation Act of 1919. Goins, an employee of the deft., struck his head on a cross timber at work on 5 Nov. 1930 & died 4 days later. Deft. has not paid as its physicians examined Goins after his death & said that it was due to catarrah. Plntff. maintains that his death was due to injuries suffered on the job. Mrs. Goins a widow; her son was the family's sole support. 3 other minor children named in case.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1445 201 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Marvin E. Carden by next friend Albert Carden v. American Glanzstoff Corp. Carter Workman's Compensation

Plaintiff was injured while working for the defendant by gases causing him to fall and hit his head which rendered him unconscious. He is sued for compensation as he has not been able to return to work.

 East Range: 10 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1452 205 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Murray Construction Company v. W. A. McAfee Hamilton Workman's Compensation

McAfee had worked for the defendant 3-4 months prior to suit. Defendant contracted work in paving streets and building curbstones along the sides of streets. A Mr. Duncan, another employee, picked up plaintiff at Ninth Street and Central Avenue and took him to work and brought him back to the same point. The vehicle had a collision with an automobile, causing plaintiff's back to be dislocated. Plaintiff suing for $9 per week for at least 300 weeks plus $100 in medical expenses.

 East Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1378 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Mrs. Elisabeth Allen v. Tallahassee Land Company Knox Workman's Compensation

Plaintiff was employed by the defendant. In 1930, plaintiff was cleaning a cooking stove in a room of a hotel owned by the defendant when it exploded, throwing coal and iron scales into the plaintiff's eyes and arms. The plaintiff lost all sight in her right eye as a result. Though the plaintiff failed to give written notice of the accident, agents of the defendant had knowledge of it.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1437 184 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Ross-Meehan Foundry Company v. Loma Harp Hamilton Workman's Compensation

Loma Harp, on her behalf and as next friend of Ralph Harp, Eddie Harp and J.B. Harp, all minors, sued the defendant for workmen's compensation for the death of her husband, Clement, who died from falling off of a flask about 7 feet high. Harp suing for half wages for a period of 400 weeks as well as for hospital and doctor bills paid and his burial expenses not in excess of $100. Court ruled in her favor for $13.14 a week, plus $100 for medical bills and $100 for funeral bills.

 East Range: 10 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1375 133 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Roscoe Osborne v. Blue Diamond Coal Co. Campbell Workman's Compensation

On 31 Dec. 1931 the plntff., an employee of Blue Diamond, accidentally suffered a massive electrical shock while on the job, the effects of which left him permanently disabled. His employer has refused to pay him Workman's Compensation, although it did try to get him to sign up for accident insurance. He asks the court to force Blue Diamond to pay him the Workman's Compensation to which he is entitled. 2 Folders. Exhibits in Folder 2.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1424 309 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 Sterling Coal & Coke Company v. A. D. McFarland Claiborne Workman's Compensation

Defendant accidently cut off his thumb while working for the plaintiff and favors that he is entitled to a compensation of at least $1400 per week for 60 weeks, making it a sum of $840 for his injuries. He was already paid $319 and is therefore suing for the reminder $521.

 East Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1424 56 Order A Copy