Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1988PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
The plaintiff seeks to recover benefits provided by the Workers’ Compensation Act of Tennessee for an injury alleged to have arisen out of and in the course of his employment with the defendant hospital authority. The trial court rejected the claim on two grounds: (1) that the employer, the defendant hospital authority, is exempt from the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Laws of Tennessee and (2) that the statute of limitations had run on the claim asserted.
We find that the first issue is dispositive of this litigation and find it unnecessary to consider the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Muse v. Prescott School Dist.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- Smith v. Lincoln Memorial UniversityTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
3Cited by6 opinions
- Finister v. Humboldt General Hospital, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- Souder v. Health Partners, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- Eye Clinic, P.C. v. Jackson-Madison County General HospitalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. v. Metropolitan Knox Solid Waste Authority, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Ketron v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1996
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