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The Commercial Appeal spent months speaking with injured workers and reviewing hundreds of documents related to workers' compensation cases in Tennessee. Gelacio Juarez sits with his wife Martha ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court held today, in Brian Coblentz et al. v. Tractor Supply Company, that workers’ compensation law does not prevent an employee of a product vendor, injured on the job while at ...

If you've been hurt on the job in Tennessee, you may soon find yourself in a state workers' compensation system that can be confusing and sometimes hostile. But you can improve your chances of a good ...

NASHVILLE — A yearslong effort to provide firefighters working in smaller departments access to workers' compensation coverage for job-related post-traumatic stress disorder problems has finally paid ...

June 8, 2023 - "Workers' compensation" is broadly considered the umbrella of claims employees can pursue when they're injured at work. Workers' compensation systems were established to provide medical ...

Memphis truck driver Peter Montgomery was delivering drinks for Pepsi when he fell down some stairs. His left knee smashed into the concrete with an audible crack. Since that accident in 2000, he's ...

In 2014, 57-year-old Candy Garrison was at home in McNairy County, Tennessee, when she got a devastating call. “I was in the kitchen canning and had got a phone call that something had happened to ...

Tennessee passed the Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act, allowing companies to offer benefits to independent contractors without affecting those workers' employment classification. This act allows ...

Victoria was a practicing attorney for over a decade, admitted in Texas and California. She has also held senior HR roles in major corporations, honing a talent for communicating across varied ...