Legal Opinion

Thomas, Horace v. Zipp Express

Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Decided August 2, 2016No. 2015-06-0546Published

1Opinion of the Court

TENNESSEE BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Horace Wade Thomas ) Docket No. 2015-06-0546 ) V. ) State File No. 57850-2015 ) Zipp Express, et al. ) ) ) Appeal from the Court of Workers' ) Compensation Claims ) Joshua D. Baker; Judge ) Affirmed and Remanded - Filed August 2, 2016 In this interlocutory appeal, the employee alleges he was injured in a fall after experiencing an episode of syncope due to sleep deprivation resulting from his job duties. The employer denied the claim, asserting the fall was idiopathic and that there was insufficient medical evidence…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Tryon v. Saturn Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Wilhelm v. KrogersTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Sudduth v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Shearon v. SeamanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005

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