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 […]

Erwin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials are investigating a plastic manufacturing company after reports that a truckload of workers disappeared into the rising flood waters of Hurricane Helene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday it […]

Case File In Tennessee, an "injury" arises primarily out of and in the course and scope of employment" only if it has been shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the employment contributed more […]

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center said three employees have been assaulted on the hospitals Nashville campus in the past month.   In late May, authorities said a patient was arrested after […]