SWEETEN v. TRADE ENVELOPES, INC.


938 S.W.2d 383 (1996)

Vickie SWEETEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRADE ENVELOPES, INC. and Continental Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees, and Larry Brinton, Jr., Director, Workers Compensation Division, Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Hedges, Moore & Hedges, Tullahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Terry L. Hill, Laurenn S. Disspayne, Manier, Herod, Hollabaugh & Smith, Nashville, for Defendants-Appellees.

Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Blakeley D. Matthews, Leigh A. Buckley, Cornelius & Collins, Nashville, for Amicus Curiae.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Senior Counsel, Attorney General's Office, Nashville, for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

REID, Justice.

The director of the Workers' Compensation Division of the Tennessee Department of Labor, as trustee for the Second Injury Fund (Second Injury Fund), appeals from the decision of the trial court. That court approved, over the objection of the Second Injury Fund, a settlement agreement between the employee, Vicki Sweeten; the employer, Trade Envelopes, Inc.; and the employer's insurer, Continental Casualty Co., limiting the employer...

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