Council Outlines Employer-Friendly Rulings That Will Shape Comp for Years to Come

A report from the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Advisory Council highlights recent state Supreme Court opinions on issues that stakeholders are likely to be seeing more of in coming years, including immigration and post-traumatic stress disorder. The council twice a year takes a look at significant court rulings, part of its mandate to apprise the legislature, the governor and other state officials of trends in the comp system. In Tennessee, a three-judge panel of the Supreme Court reviews workers' compensation appeals and, unless the court grants a motion for review, the panel'...