No employee may concurrently maintain any cause of action in state court under § 4-21-401, § 8-50-103, or § 50-1-304, while at the same time prosecuting an action in federal court based on a common nucleus of operative facts. Upon motion of the employer, the state court shall dismiss any action maintained under § 4-21-401, § 8-50-103, or § 50-1-304, in which the employee is concurrently prosecuting an action based on a common nucleus of operative facts in federal court.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-314
Simultaneous action in state and federal courts concerning common nucleus of operative facts prohibited
Acts 2014, ch. 995, § 2.
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