by Connor Sestak | Jan 4, 2021 | Firm News
By Connor Sestak On December 28, 2020, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a ruling affirming the trial court’s finding that no workers’ compensation benefits were due to the employee as he willfully violated the employer’s safety...
by Connor Sestak | Feb 12, 2020 | Firm News
Following two and a half years of litigation, Nick Akins and Connor Sestak secured a favorable opinion from the Supreme Court of Tennessee Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel. In a case of first impression, the Panel determined alleged beneficiaries were not...
by Connor Sestak | Feb 5, 2018 | Insights
Recently, the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (“Appeals Board”) in David Thompson v. Comcast Corporation, et al., awarded the employee attorneys’ fees due to the employer’s failure to authorize the recommended treatment for pain management....
by Connor Sestak | Dec 1, 2017 | Insights
In a case of first impression, the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers Compensation Panel (“Panel”) in Duck v. Cox Oil Co., 2017 Tenn. LEXIS 734 (June 19, 2017), found that Employee’ injury, which occurred immediately after she announced that...
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