Plough, Inc. v. Premier Pneumatics, Inc.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

In this case we are asked to construe Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-914 (1977) 1 which provides for actions against third persons who may be liable for injury to an employee who receives workers’ compensation. The statute provides in pertinent part:

When the injury or death for which compensation is payable under Workers’ Compensation Law was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability against some person other than the employer to pay damages, the injured workman ... shall have the right to take compensation under such law, and such injured workman ... may pursue his ...…