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Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-108

Right to compensation exclusive

Known as the Workers' Compensation Law

The act spans §§ 50-6-101 to 50-6-921 (224 sections).

Applied in 38 court decisions — leading case 556 So. 2d 303 - McDaniel v. Ritter (1989)

Most recently applied in Doe v. Matthew 25, Inc. (July 2018)

Acts 1919, ch. 123, § 8; Shan

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(1) The rights and remedies granted to an employee subject to this chapter, on account of personal injury or death by accident, including a minor whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, shall exclude all other rights and remedies of the employee, the employee's personal representative, dependents or next of kin, at common law or otherwise, on account of the injury or death.

(2) No employer who fails to secure payment of compensation as required by this chapter, shall be permitted to defend the suit upon any of the following grounds, in any suit brought against the employer by an employee covered by this chapter or by the dependent or dependents of the employee, to recover damages for personal injury or death arising from an accident: The employee was negligent;

(3) The injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow servant or fellow employee; or

(4) The employee had assumed the risk of the injury.

(5) This section shall not be construed to preclude third party indemnity actions against an employer who has expressly contracted to indemnify the third party.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.