Legal Opinion
Nichols v. JACK COOPER TRANSPORT CO., INC.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 2010No. M2008-00204-SC-WCM-WCPublishedCited by 11 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., not participating.
The employee, who suffered two separate injuries during the course of his employment as a truck driver for the employer, settled his first claim for workers’ compensation and filed suit on the second. Shortly after being laid off because of an unexpected work shortage, the employee elected to retire in order to maintain medical insurance coverage rather than face an indefinite furlough without pay or benefits coverage. When the trial court reconsidered the…
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