Legal Opinion
Lindsey v. Trinity Communications, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 2009PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, C.J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., and FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, Sp.J., joined.
In this workers’ compensation ease, the plaintiff was injured while splicing cable for the defendant subcontractor. The subcontractor did not have workers’ compensation insurance, and the plaintiff therefore filed suit against the intermediate subcontractor and cable company for benefits under Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-113. The intermediate subcontractor’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, a Texas company, moved for summary judgment, arguing that the…
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