Tennessee Supreme Court October 9, 1989 (Cook v. Great West Casualty Co.)

lead-opinion

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case involves a claim for worker’s compensation benefits resulting from the recurrence on July 12, 1982, of an admittedly occupational hernia which had occurred on July 1, 1981. The trial judge held that there could be no recovery for the recurrence or aggravation of a pre-existing hernia under the provisions of T.C.A. § 50-6-212(a)(5).