Jared Renfroe Secures Victory for Client at the Tennessee Supreme Court

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...

Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Decides 2 Cases Involving Injured Workers’ Entitlement to Ongoing Future Medical Treatment

by admin | Oct 10, 2017 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation

By: Jared Renfroe In two recent cases decided by the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the court was called upon to decide issues of whether an injured worker was entitled to future medical treatment when the authorized treating physician either refused...

Appeals Board Declined to Award Employee Attorneys’ Fees, Burleson v. Germantown Partners Supercuts

by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | Featured, News

By Jared S. Renfroe Burleson v. Germantown Partners Supercuts Docket No. 2016-08-1241 State File No.: 78490-2016 Filed August 15, 2017 The Employee’s attorney in this case requested attorneys’ fees, but because the Appeals Board denied benefits, it declined to award...

Authorized Treating Physician’s Opinions Create Genuine Issue of Material of Fact as to Employee’s Pre-Existing Condition: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Summary, Terry Lamm v. E. Miller Construction, Inc.

by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | News, Workers' Compensation

By Jared S. Renfroe Terry Lamm v. E. Miller Construction, Inc. Docket No. 2015-01-0429 State File No. 64870-2015 Filed June 2, 2017 In this case, the Appeals Board affirmed the trial court’s order denying summary judgment to the employer on the basis that there was a...

Pro Se Litigants Must Comply with Substantive and Procedural Rules that Represented Parties are Expected to Observe: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Summary, Lee Walton v. Averitt Express, Inc.

by admin | Jun 7, 2017 | News, Workers' Compensation

By Jared S. Renfroe Lee Walton v. Averitt Express, Inc. Docket No. 2015-08-03-6 State File No. 60505-2015 Filed June 2, 2017 This case presents yet another appeal in which an unrepresented employee did not submit an argument on appeal or the transcript from the...