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The plaintiff, Mrs. Alberta K. Buchanan, executrix of the estate of David T. Buchanan, sued Mid-South Engineering Company for $19,200 in unpaid salary for her deceased husband. The dispute centered on whether an initial employment contract for $800/month continued or was verbally modified to a condition of weekly work due to Mr. Buchanan's illness. A jury awarded the plaintiff $19,200, which the trial judge reduced to $14,400 via remittitur. The appellate court affirmed the remittitur, finding no evidence of services rendered by Mr. Buchanan after December 1962, but sustained the defendant's assignment of error regarding the allowance of interest from the date of death, adjusting it to accrue from the date the motion for a new trial was overruled.
Mid-South Engineering Co. v. Buchanan is a workers' compensation case decided in Court of Appeals of Tennessee. 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 Court of Appeals of Tennessee.
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The plaintiff, Mrs. Alberta K. Buchanan, executrix of the estate of David T. Buchanan, sued Mid-South Engineering Company for $19,200 in unpaid salary for her deceased husband. The dispute centered on whether an initial employment contract for $800/month continued or was verbally modified to a condition of weekly work due to Mr. Buchanan's illness. A jury awarded the plaintiff $19,200, which the trial judge reduced to $14,400 via remittitur. The appellate court affirmed the remittitur, finding no evidence of services rendered by Mr. Buchanan after December 1962, but sustained the defendant's assignment of error regarding the allowance of interest from the date of death, adjusting it to accrue from the date the motion for a new trial was overruled.
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