Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-111

Defenses not available to employer failing to secure payment of compensation. [Applicable to injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2014.]

Known as the Workers' Compensation Law

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

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Perez v. McConkey (1994)

Most recently applied in 2014 TN WC 15 - Jewell, Kevin v. Cobble Construction and Arcus Restoration (December 2014)

Acts 1919, ch. 123, § 11; Shan

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No employer who fails to secure payment of compensation as required by this chapter, shall, 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, be permitted to defend the suit upon any of the following grounds:

(1) The employee was negligent;

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

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

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.