Long v. Mid-Tennessee Ford Truck Sales, Inc.

OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, J., delivered

the opinion of the court,

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined. ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., not participating.

We granted review in this workers’ compensation case to determine whether “nursing services,” as used in, Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-204(a) (1999), includes care provided by an injured employee’s spouse where the spouse is a certified nurse technician. After reviewing the record and applicable authority, we conclude that care provided by a certified nurse technician is compensable…