Bradshaw v. Old Republic Insurance Co.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

In this cause, we must determine whether a Tennessee employee who pursued benefits in the foreign state in which the injury occurred is barred from pursuing benefits in Tennessee for the same injury. The trial court determined that the doctrine of election of remedies barred the claim. We agree with the trial court’s ruling.

The issue before us is one of law. Therefore, our standard of review is de novo without a presumption of correctness. Ridings v. Ralph M. Parsons Co., 914 S.W.2d 79, 80 (Tenn.1996); Union Carbide Corp. v. Huddleston, 854 S.W.2d 87, 91 (Tenn.1993).

The…