by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Summary by: Jared Renfroe The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decided on a very significant case on February 6, 2018, titled Christopher Batey v. Deliver This. It was heard by the Appeals Board upon both parties’ appeal of the decision of the...
by admin | Jan 8, 2018 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
By: Jared Renfroe Melissa Duck v. Cox Oil Co., No. W2016-02261-SC-WCM-WC (Tenn. Workers’ Comp. Panel Sept. 19, 2017) In this case, the employee clocked in for work but then refused to do her duties requested by her supervisor. She promptly gathered her things and was...
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Featured, Litigation, News, Workers' Compensation
Nashville, TN (November 20, 2017): Once a year, Super Lawyers publish an exclusive state-by-state list of “credible, comprehensive and diverse outstanding attorneys”, which no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research...
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
By: Courtney Paterson DeWayne Burnette, Sr. v. WestRock, et al. Docket No. 2016-01-0670 Filed October 31, 2017 State File No. 87860-2016 Posture: This is a case before the Appeals Board on an interlocutory appeal filed by the...
by admin | Nov 14, 2017 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Jonathan Engler v. Able Moving Company, Et Al. W2016-02125-SC-R3-WC (Oct. 30, 2017) In this case, the employee injured his back as a result of lifting a piano and boxes of books while working for the employer, a local family-owned moving company. The employee was...
by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Summaries by: Courtney S. Paterson William Baumgardner v. United Parcel Service, Inc., et al. Docket No. 2015-05-0619 Filed October 18, 2017 State File No. 89624-2014 Posture: This is a case before the Appeals Board on an interlocutory appeal filed by the employee,...