Legal Opinion
Layman v. Vanguard Contractors, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 2006No. M2004-01918-SC-R3-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HolderJanice M. Holder, J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ„ joined.
The plaintiff sought workers’ compensation benefits for both cognitive impairment and a disfiguring scar resulting from a work-related accident. We conclude that the evidence does not preponderate against the trial court’s conclusion that the plaintiff did not suffer cognitive impairment as a result of the accident. With regard to the benefits for disfigurement, the trial court erred in calculating benefits as an award to the body as a whole pursuant to Tennessee Code…
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