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VOGEL v. WELLS FARGO GUARD SERVICES

937 S.W.2d 856 (1996)

Walter P. VOGEL, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. WELLS FARGO GUARD SERVICES, Defendant/Appellant, and Dina Tobin, Director of the Division of Worker's Compensation, Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund, State of Tennessee, and Charles Burson, Attorney General for the State of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest D. Bennett, III, Nashville, for Defendant/Appellants Wells Fargo Guard Services.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Senior Counsel, Civil Division, Nashville, for Defendants/Appellants Dina Tobin and Charles Burson.

David H. Dunaway, David H. Dunaway & Associates, LaFollette, for Plaintiff/Appellee Vogel.

OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

In this workers' compensation case, we are asked to review the trial court's determination that Tennessee Code Annotated Section 50-6-207(4)(A)(i) is unconstitutional and that plaintiff is entitled to life-time workers' compensation benefits. Having considered the positions of the parties, the plain language and the legislative intent of the statute, and relevant authority in other jurisdictions, we reverse.

Walter Vogel was...

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