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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) TN Supreme Court

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Remember the ADA: Workers’ Comp Claims Count Too!

Regardless of your state’s workers’ compensation laws, covered employers must always keep the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in mind when wrestling with whether to ask job applicants about prior workers’ compensation...more

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Tennessee Supreme Court Throws Out Applicant's Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claim Against Prospective Employer

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On August 21, 2015, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that a job applicant does not have a cause of action under the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act (TWCA) against a prospective employer for failure to hire based on the...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

A Surprising Holding by the Tennessee Supreme Court Regarding Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claims

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On Friday, the Tennessee Supreme Court held in Yardley v. Hospital Housekeeping Systems that applicants are not eligible as a matter of law to assert "failure to hire" claims based on even the admitted fact that the reason...more

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