Rogers v. Kroger Co.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The sole issue for our determination on this workers’ compensation appeal is whether or not the employee was guilty of willful misconduct under Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-110(a). The Chancellor found that the employee was guilty of willful misconduct which barred recovery for her workplace injury. We affirm the Chancellor’s judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The plaintiff-employee, Jone Lee Rogers, age 43, had been employed by the defendant, The Kroger Company, for some 12 years on May 13, 1989, when she injured her left knee while working in the deli at the Kroger store on…