Legal Opinion
Lazar v. JW ALUMINUM
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 2011No. W2010-00659-SC-R3-WCPublishedCited by 7 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
An employee settled his claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The settlement stated that the award of vocational disability benefits to which the parties agreed was not based on the medical impairment rating of either the treating physician or the employee’s independent medical examiner. After the employee was laid off, he sought reconsideration of his benefits pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-241(d)(l)(B)(iv) (2008). The chancery court declined to use the…
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