Hartman v. University of Tennessee

OPINION

CAIN, Judge.

For the second time, the claimants appeal a decision of the Tennessee Claims Commission denying them recovery from the University of Tennessee and the State of Tennessee of $1,026,666 in medical expenses allegedly paid by BellSouth Corporation under an ERISA plan with BellSouth alleged to be subrogee of such payments.

The claimant Scott Hartman is the son of the claimants Kay Hartman and Cleon Hartman. On April 17, 1987, Scott Hartman was permanently and catastrophically *571injured while participating in a track meet under a student athlete scholarship at the University of…