Crawley v. Hamilton County

OPINION

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J.; E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ„ joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case pursuant to Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure 11 to determine whether a county may exempt itself from the Gov ernmental Tort Liability Act by adopting an “exclusive” policy of compensation for on-the-job injuries. We hold that a county that has not opted into the workers’ compensation statutes may not exempt itself from liability under the Governmental Tort Liability Act by…