Worker's Improper Use of Restraint on Patient Didn't Forfeit His Entitlement to Benefits

The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a residential treatment facility employee was entitled to benefits for his injury from attempting to restrain a patient because his violation of his employer’s policy on restraining patients had not been willful. Case: Tennessee Clinical School v. Johns, No. M2018-00985-SC-R3-WC, 08/02/2019, published. Facts: Tennessee Clinical Schools does business as Hermitage Hall. It is a therapeutic residential treatment facility for teenagers. Jeffrey Johns started working for Hermitage in December 2...