by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Spicer Rudstrom attorneys defended employers successfully with workers compensation victories in the Nashville and Memphis offices. On June 22, 2021, Courtney Smith won in the Tennessee Court of Appeals with a workers compensation case involving a furniture...
by admin | Aug 23, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
By: Courtney Paterson “An idiopathic injury is one that has an unexplained origin or cause, and generally does not arise out of the employment unless ‘some condition of the employment presents a peculiar or additional hazard.’” McCaffery v. Cardinal Logistics, No....
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Jared Renfroe, an attorney in Spicer Rudstrom’s Memphis office, recently secured a defense judgment in favor of his client in the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims at Nashville. The decision was not appealed, so it has become a final judgment. The facts...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Workers' Compensation
By: Courtney Paterson Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-242 – provides that in “extraordinary cases” in which the injured worker is entitled to increased benefits pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-207(3)(B), the employee may be entitled to up to 275 weeks of benefits...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
By: Amy Markham In a workers’ compensation case in Arkansas, a claimant (injured worker) is charged with the burden of showing that the claimed injury was caused by his or her employment. However, issues of causation are not always straight-forward. In some cases, an...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Congratulations to Nashville attorneys, Tom Smith and Lance Thompson, on their recent victory at the TN Supreme Court Special WC Panel. Check out the full recap here. Sign Up, Stay Informed!
