A worker who failed to report that he had injured his back at work because a union representative told him that filing a claim might delay medical treatment — but changed his mind after talking to a lawyer — missed the 30-day deadline set by state law to pursue a workers' comp claim, the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals panel ruled.
Case: Houston v. ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, No. W2015-01257-SC-WCM-WC, 06/30/2016.
Facts: John E. Houston worked in the sanitation department for ConAgra Foods, climbing catwalks to clean large kettles...
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