Cunningham v. Shelton Security Services, Inc.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case, the trial court granted the deceased employee’s representative (“petitioner”) permission to file an application for interlocutory appeal under Tenn. R.App. P. 9. We granted the application in order to determine whether the trial court erred in ruling that the remains of the employee be exhumed and autopsied. Upon careful review of the record, we find that the employer, Shelton Security Service, Inc., and its insurance carrier, Employers Insurance of Wausau (“respondents”), failed to make a timely request for an autopsy after obtaining…