Panel Rejects Untimely Challenge to Cutoff Date for PTD Benefits

The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that an employer could not challenge an award of benefits to a worker who was injured in 1999.  Case: Harris v. Mastec North America, No. M2016-02307-SC-R3-WC, 01/09/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Lloyd Michael Harris suffered multiple serious injuries while working for Mastec North America in 1999. He was 24 years old at the time. In 2004, a trial judge found that Harris had reached maximum medical improvement by November 2000, and that he was permanently and totally dis...