This chapter shall be cited to as the “Workers' Compensation Law” and shall be controlling for any claim for workers' compensation benefits for an injury, as defined in this chapter, when the date of injury is on or after July 1, 2014. All claims having a date of injury prior to July 1, 2014, shall be governed by prior law.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-101
Short title — Controlling law
Known as the Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 50-6-101 to 50-6-921 (224 sections).
Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Curtis v. G.E. Capital Modular Space (2005)
Most recently applied in 2023 TN WC App. 55 - Perez, Oscar v. J&J Tovar Construction, LLC (December 2023)
Acts 1919, ch. 123, § 1; Shan
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