Case File A Tennessee worker didn't have history showing that her knee arthritis caused problems until a wreck on the job aggravated it. Did that make a difference for her workers' compensation claim? Simply Research […]

Case File In a case of first impression, the Tennessee Supreme Court found that the UCC supplied an appropriate framework to help determine whether the state's exclusive remedy rules applied to a vendor-vendee relationship. Simply […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Tennessee, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for an injury arising out of and in the course of employment. This means that the employee cannot sue the employer in […]

Glossary Check If you were in the Volunteer State, and you had to define "case management" or "case manager" for workers' compensation purposes, could you do it? With Simply Research, you could. But we have […]

Case File After sustaining an injury from a toppling load, an employee for Lowe's had a somewhat rocky relationship with a doctor treating her, eventually holding up a picture of Jesus and declaring that he […]

Category Key Information Legal Reference / Source Coverage Requirements Employers with 5+ employees must carry workers' comp insurance. Construction and coal mining employers must carry coverage regardless of employee count. TN.gov Workers' Comp Bureau Definition […]

What Do You Think? An employer can sometimes avoid a negligence lawsuit by demonstrating that the workers’ compensation act applies to the injury, making those benefits the employee’s sole available remedy.  One case, in addition […]

Case File When a worker died on the job, the employer where he was conducting his work at the time claimed that, as his statutory employer, it was immune from a lawsuit thanks to the […]