Supreme Court Opined in 28 Comp Cases in 2019, Report Shows

From attorneys' fees to compensability to subrogation, the Tennessee Supreme Court's Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel weighed in on 28 cases in 2019, and the state's Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation has summarized most of them in a new report. The council is required each year to make the report on significant cases in which the court issues opinions, and the 2019 report is available here. It notes that 18 opinions were on “old law” cases — those rooted in state law before the legislature crafted major reforms in 2013. The others were &ld...