The principle of judicial estoppel did not bar a claimant who had been awarded benefits for injury to both knees in 2004 from asserting a claim for a separate accident that injured her knees again in 2011, the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled.
Case: Vanderbilt University v. Jones, No. M2014-00722-SC-R3-WC, 10/19/2015.
Facts: Pamela A. Jones worked as an anesthesia technician for Vanderbilt University for more than 20 years. She injured both of her knees in a work-related accident in 2004 and settled a workers' compensation claim against her em...
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