Court Orders Psychiatric Care After Cement Truck Rollover

A Tennessee workers' compensation judge ordered a concrete supplier to provide a panel of psychiatrists to an injured truck driver, finding that she is likely to prevail at trial on her claim that a traumatic rollover crash caused compensable mental injuries. In an expedited order issued Tuesday, a judge with the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims ruled that the employee, who survived a downhill brake failure and rollover in a cement mixer, is entitled to psychiatric treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder linked to the accident, accor...