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,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2017 | Featured, News, Workers' Compensation
Workers’ Comp summaries by Courtney S. Paterson Betsy Jones v. Dollar General, et al. Filed September 22, 2017 Docket No. 2017-07-0074 State File No. 910-2017 Posture: This is a case before the Appeals Board on an...
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...