Woodlawn Memorial Park, Inc. v. Keith

OPINION

WILLIAM M. BARKER, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, an employee was allegedly injured in the course and scope of her employment. While purportedly seeking medical treatment for these injuries, she contracted an infection and died. The employer filed suit in the Davidson County Chancery Court claiming that no compensable injury occurred and that the employee used the excuse of an injury to seek prescription drugs for her addiction. The trial court held for the employer and later granted the employer’s motion for discretionary costs. The Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals…