Bazner v. American States Insurance Co.

I agree with the result reached by the majority in this case. I write separately only to point out that once it has been determined that the plaintiff is entitled to receive future medical benefits, the case is thereafter controlled by Goodman v. Oliver Springs Mining Co., 595 S.W.2d 805 (Tenn.1980). There we held, as a matter of policy, that an employer should not be allowed to force an employee to change physicians once treatment of a progressive occupational disease has begun, because continuity of health care under such circumstances is in the best interest of both the employer and the…