Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. BTR Sealing Systems North America-Tennessee Operations
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 12, 2006No. E2005-2648-SC-R3-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and GARY R. WADE, JJ„ and E. RILEY ANDERSON, Sp.J., joined.
This workers’ compensation action arose out of an employee’s motion to compel medical treatment. The employee had settled a workers’ compensation claim with his employer involving a work-related injury sustained in 1997. This settlement provided that the employer was responsible for future medical treatment. The employer refused to pay for recommended shoulder joint replacement surgery, arguing that the need for the surgery was not causally related to the initial injury. The trial…
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- Fritts v. Safety National Casualty Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- Hill v. Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- Clark v. Nashville MacHine Elevator Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2004
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