Goodloe v. State

OPINION

in which DROWOTA, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

In this workers’ compensation case, the employee, Veronica Goodloe, has appealed from a judgment of the Tennessee Claims Commission denying her claim for benefits filed against the employer, Columbia State Community College. The employee, who suffered from pre-existing depression, had a mental breakdown after being informed by her supervisor that she might be terminated. The Tennessee Claims Commission granted summary judgment to the employer on the basis that the employee’s mental breakdown did not result from an event producing sudden…