Madden v. Holland Group of Tennessee, Inc.

OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, SP. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ, joined.

We granted review in this workers’ compensation appeal to determine whether the Employee was eligible for benefits under Tennessee law after she suffered a work-related injury in Kentucky. In affirming the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint, a majority of the Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel concluded that the Employee failed to show that her contract for hire was formed in Tennessee or that there was a…