Voluntary Retirement Barred Reconsideration of Settlement

A trial court could not reconsider a claimant's workers' compensation settlement because the claimant voluntarily quit her job, Tennessee's highest court ruled. Case: Evans v. Ford Motor Co., No. M2010-02254-WC-R3-WC, 2/10/12, unpublished. Facts: Rochelle Evans, an employee at Ford Motor Co.'s auto glass facility in Nashville, Tenn., injured her shoulder on Sept. 30, 2004. A doctor assigned her a 7% impairment rating to the body as a whole, and she returned to work at her pre-injury wage in February 2005. The Davidson County Chancery Court approved a settlement of her workers&#...