Panel Upholds Award of Treatment, Overturns Award of Attorney Fees

The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel upheld an order compelling an employer to continue providing medication to an injured worker, but it overturned an award of attorney fees. Case: Keen v. Ingles Markets Inc., No. E2018-00306-SC-R3-WC, 05/14/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: In April 1997, Shirley Keen injured her wrist while working for Ingles Markets Inc. Dr. Jeffrey Uzzle performed surgery on the wrist, but Keen continued to complain of pain. Uzzle diagnosed Keen with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, now known as complex re...