Hibner v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

In this appeal of a worker’s compensation action, the controlling issue is whether or not the employee’s action is barred by the one year statute of limitations set forth in T.C.A. §§ 50-1003 and 50-1017. The chancellor concluded that the action was not barred and awarded the employee disability benefits, but denied her recovery of medical expenses on the ground that the expenses had been paid by “a third party source.” Both the employee and the employer appealed, the employee seeking recovery of medical expenses and the employer taking issue with the trial judge’s…