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This worker's compensation case involves an employer's appeal of a total permanent disability award granted to an employee due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. The employer challenged the sufficiency of evidence regarding the employee's years in coal mining and the applicability of the 1972 amendment to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding sufficient material evidence to support the trial judge's conclusions. It ruled that the 1972 federal statute, being procedural, could be applied to cases pending when the corresponding state amendment was adopted in 1980, regardless of when the injury occurred.
Swanger v. Old Republic Insurance Co. is a workers' compensation case decided in Tennessee Supreme Court. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Tennessee Supreme Court.
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This worker's compensation case involves an employer's appeal of a total permanent disability award granted to an employee due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. The employer challenged the sufficiency of evidence regarding the employee's years in coal mining and the applicability of the 1972 amendment to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding sufficient material evidence to support the trial judge's conclusions. It ruled that the 1972 federal statute, being procedural, could be applied to cases pending when the corresponding state amendment was adopted in 1980, regardless of when the injury occurred.
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