Legal Opinion
Bostic v. Dalton
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 2005No. E2002-01820-SC-WCM-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., WILLIAM M. BARKER, J., and J.S. DANIEL, Sp.J. joined. E. RILEY ANDERSON, J., not participating.
In this workers’ compensation appeal, we must determine whether the appellee, a father who supervised the construction of his daughter’s residence, is required to pay workers’ compensation benefits to the appellant, the employee of a subcontractor who was injured during the construction of the residence. We hold that the father is an uncompensated agent of the owner and therefore falls within the owner’s exemption of Tennessee Code Annotated section 50 —…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. Revco Discount Drug Centers, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- McCay Ex Rel. McCay v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Stratton v. United Inter-Mountain Telephone Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1985
- Lindsey v. Smith and Johnson, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1980
- Perry v. Sentry Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1996
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4Cited by6 opinions
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