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PERRY v. TRANSAMERICA INS. GROUP

703 S.W.2d 151 (1985)

Laquita PERRY, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE GROUP, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Deal, Memphis, for plaintiff/appellant.

Hunter K. Cochran and Robert F. Uhlmann, Memphis, for defendant/appellee.

TOMLIN, Judge.

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the exclusive remedy provision of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act bars an employee who has sustained a compensable injury covered by the act from maintaining an independent action against the workers' compensation carrier of the employer.

Plaintiff sued for both compensatory and punitive damages on the grounds of alleged bad faith in handling the workers' compensation claim...

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