LAY v. SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.


109 S.W.3d 293 (2003)

Jerry Brandon LAY v. SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT and the Local Government Workers' Compensation Fund.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Lockett and Michael A. Kent, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Scott County Sheriff's Department and The Local Government Workers' Compensation Fund.

W. Holt Smith, Madisonville, Tennessee, and Howard R. Ellis, Oneida, Tennessee, for the appellee, Jerry Brandon Lay.


FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

OPINION

The primary issue in this workers' compensation appeal is whether the attainment of maximum medical improvement is a necessary factor in determining whether there has been a meaningful return to work under Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-241. The trial court found that since...

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