TAM-BYTES

August 17, 2015

Vol. 18, No. 33
2015 TAM CLE CALENDAR

Webinars
Limited Liability Companies in Tennessee: Drafting the Operating
Agreement, 60-minute webinar presented by Alexander J. Davie,
with Riggs Davie PLC in Nashville, on Wednesday, September 16, at 10
a.m. (Central), 11 a.m. (Eastern).
*Earn 1 hour of GENERAL credit
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Advising Clients in Business Divorces in
Tennessee, 60-minute webinar presented by Richard Spore, with Bass,
Berry & Sims in Memphis, on Thursday, September 17, at 10 a.m.
(Central), 11 a.m. (Eastern).
*Earn 1 hour of GENERAL credit
Tennessee Landlord and Tenant Law: Evictions, Court, and
Litigation, 60-minute webinar presented by Lisa K. Helton, with
Sherrard & Roe in Nashville, on Wednesday, September 30, at 2 p.m.
(Central), 3 p.m. (Eastern).
*Earn 1 hour of GENERAL credit
For more information or to register for any of our CLE events, call (800) 727-5257 or
visit us at www.mleesmith.com

On-Site Events

Personal Injury Law Conference for Tennessee

Attorneys
WHEN: Friday, September 25
WHERE: Nashville Nashville School of Law
CLE: Earn up to 7.5 hours of CLE, including 6.5 hours of GENERAL and
1 hour of DUAL credit

FACULTY: 16th Judicial District Circuit Judge Mark Rogers; Laura

Baker, Law Offices of John Day; Brandon Bass, Law Offices of John
Day; Philip N. Elbert, Neal & Harwell; Michael H. Johnson, Howard,
Tate, Sowell, Wilson, Leathers & Johnson; Chris Tardio, Gideon, Cooper
& Essary; and Bryan K. Williams, Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin
HIGHLIGHTS: Review of recent personal injury cases; constitutionality
of caps on damages; recent developments in healthcare liability pre-suit
notice and certificate of good faith requirements and ex parte
communications; trial judges dos and donts for arguing for or against a
motion for summary judgment; handling complex subrogation and lien
issues; social media, the internet, and ESI challenges; effective direct
examination, cross-examination, and redirect; deposition strategies
preparing for deposition, preparing the witness, and taking the deposition;
and interplay of ethics, evidence, and experts.
To learn more or to register, visit: www.mleesmith.com/tn-personal-injury-law.

Family Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners

*Two dates in Nashville this year*
WHEN: Thursday & Friday, October 8 & 9 AND
Thursday & Friday, December 3 & 4
WHERE: Nashville Nashville School of Law
CLE: Earn all your CLE for 2015 up to 15 hours of GENERAL credit
and 3 hours of DUAL credit!!
OCTOBER FACULTY: Judge Don R. Ash, senior judge, Tennessee
Senior Program; Judge Mike Binkley, circuit court, 21st Judicial District
(Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties); Judge Philip Smith,
circuit court, Davidson County; and Judge Thomas Wright, circuit court,
3rd Judicial Circuit (Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, and Hawkins counties);
along with attorneys David Garrett, Cheatham, Palermo & Garrett Law;
Barry Gold, McWilliams & Gold, Chattanooga; John J. Hollins, Jr.,
Hollins, Raybin & Weissman PC, Nashville; Cathy Speers Johnson,
Thompson Burton PLLC, Nashville; Stanley A. Kweller, Jackson, Kweller,
McKinney, Hayes, Lewis & Garrett, Nashville; Marlene Moses, MTR
Family Law, PLLC, Nashville; Linley Richter, Jr., Richter & Rasberry,
P.C., Memphis; Kevin Shepherd, Maryville attorney; Greg Smith, Stites
& Harbison PLLC, Nashville; and Jacob Thorington, Cheatham, Palermo
& Garrett Law, Nashville

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DECEMBER FACULTY: Judge Robert L. Childers, circuit court,
Shelby County; Judge Phillip Robinson, circuit court, Davidson County;
Judge Joseph Woodruff, circuit court, 21st Judicial District (Hickman,
Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties); and Judge Thomas Wright,
circuit court, 3rd Judicial Circuit (Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, and Hawkins
counties); along with attorneys Amy J. Amundsen, Rice, Amundsen &
Caperton PLLC, Memphis; David Garrett, Cheatham, Palermo & Garrett
Law; John J. Hollins, Jr., Hollins, Raybin & Weissman PC, Nashville;
Cathy Speers Johnson, Thompson Burton PLLC, Nashville; Stanley A.
Kweller, Jackson, Kweller, McKinney, Hayes, Lewis & Garrett, Nashville;
Marlene Moses, MTR Family Law, PLLC, Nashville; Linley Richter, Jr.,
Richter & Rasberry, P.C., Memphis; Kevin Shepherd, Maryville attorney;
Greg Smith, Stites & Harbison PLLC, Nashville; and Jacob Thorington,
Cheatham, Palermo & Garrett Law, Nashville
HIGHLIGHTS: Protecting a clients separate assets; valuing and dividing
marital property; access to mental health records in a custody case; special
issues in military divorce; practical tips from judges on issues such as
attorney fees, contempt, and child custody modification; marketing yourself
and your law firm; social media tips and tricks; domestic violence cases and
mediation; cohabiting couples and same-sex marriages; attorney fees in
family matters and contempt; case law/legislative update; and ethical
considerations in family law.
To learn more or to register, visit: http://www.mleesmith.com/family-law-15.

Probate & Estate Planning Conference for Tennessee

Attorneys
WHEN: Thursday & Friday, October 22 & 23
WHERE: Nashville Nashville School of Law
CLE: Earn all your CLE for 2015 up to 15 hours of GENERAL credit
and 3 hours of DUAL credit!!
FACULTY: Rebecca Blair, The Blair Law Firm, Brentwood; Julie A.
Boswell, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville;
Jennifer Surber, Surber, Asher, Surber & Moushon, PLLC, Nashville;
Harlan Dodson, Dodson, Parker, Behm & Capparella P.C., Nashville;
Donald J. Farinato, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC, Knoxville; David

Heller, Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, Nashville; Steve McDaniel,

Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP, Memphis; John McDonald, Evans, Jones &
Reynolds, PC, Nashville; Hunter R. Mobley, Howard Mobley Hayes &
Gontarek, PLLC, Nashville; Jeff Mobley, Howard Mobley Hayes &
Gontarek, PLLC, Nashville; Joel D. Roettger, Gentry, Tipton &
McLemore, P.C., Knoxville; Stacy Roettger, The Trust Company of
Knoxville, Knoxville; Brian S. Shelton, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
LLP, Nashville; Alexander M. Taylor, Kennerly Montgomery & Finley,
P.C., Knoxville; and Matthew Thornton, Bourland, Heflin, Alvarez,
Minor & Matthews, PLC, Memphis
HIGHLIGHTS: Advanced estate planning tips; checklists with trust
drafting tips; estate planning with trusts; will drafting tips - planning
opportunities and challenges for 2015 and beyond; planning for digital
assets; revocable trusts versus traditional will; planning for a gradual
transfer of land within the family; features of properly designed grantor
trust for Medicaid and veterans planning; minimizing fees and costs by
utilizing alternatives to probate; how to use retirement assets in estate
planning; strategies for resolving TennCare claims; trusts, estate planning,
and probate update; tips for practicing in probate court; ethical issues
arising in estate planning and estate administration, such as client
confidentiality, billing inquiries, and other difficult-to-resolve dilemmas;
and sample forms and checklists.
To learn more or to register, visit: http://www.mleesmith.com/probate.

Tennessee Real Estate Law Conference

WHEN: Friday, October 30
WHERE: Nashville Nashville School of Law
CLE: Earn up to 7.5 hours of CLE, including 6.5 hours of GENERAL and
1 hour of DUAL credit
FACULTY: Kim Brown, Sherrard & Roe; Christopher S. Dunn, Waller,
Lansden, Dortch & Davis; Robert C. Goodrich Jr., Burr & Forman; Lisa
Helton, Sherrard & Roe; Zachary Miller, Burr & Forman; C. Palmer
Pillans, Butler Snow; Marcy Shelton, Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin;
Wes Turner, Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin; and Dudley M. West,
White & Reasor, PLC.
HIGHLIGHTS: Drafting commercial leases; commercial development
and financing; mechanics and materialmens liens; commercial foreclosure

issues; hot topics in title insurance; consumer mortgages and the impact
of the new CFPB rules; ethical considerations in real estate law; and real
estate case law/legislative update
To learn more or to register, visit: www.mleesmith.com/tn-real-estate-2015.

Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners

WHEN: Thursday & Friday, November 12 & 13
WHERE: Nashville -- Marriott Franklin/Cool Springs
CLE: Earn all your CLE for 2015 up to 15 hours of GENERAL credit
and 3 hours of DUAL credit!!
FACULTY: Judge Frank Clement, Court of Appeals, Middle Section;
Judge Joseph P. Binkley, Circuit Court, Davidson County; Chancellor
Ellen Hobbs Lyle, Chancery Court, Davidson County; Chancellor Russell
T. Perkins, Chancery Court, Davidson County; David Anthony, Bone
McAllester & Norton PLLC; Laura Baker, Law Offices of John Day P.C.;
Dale Conder, Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell PLC; Dan Coughlin,
Massengill, Caldwell & Coughlin PC; Griffin Dunham, Emerge Law PLC;
Sandy Garrett, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional
Responsibility; Candi Henry, Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella PC;
Randy L. Kinnard, Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge; Brenton H.
Lankford, Stites & Harbison PLLC; Matt Potempa, Martin Heller
Potempa & Sheppard; and Richard Spore, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
HIGHLIGHTS: Overview of Tennessees new business court; recent
developments in healthcare liability; use of judgment liens on real and personal
property; family law highlights; tips on handling uninsured/underinsured
motorist claims; sophisticated deposition strategies; rules that practitioners
seldom encounter; representing a client in a business divorce; using websites
and social media to promote your law practice; probating wills and
administering estates; pretrial motion practice; the deferential abuse of
discretion standard of review; update from the Board of Professional
Responsibility; ethics and evidence; and professionalism in the practice of law.
To learn more or to register, visit: http://www.mleesmith.com/law-conference-2015.

SAVE THE DATE!!

th

9 Annual Tennessee Workers Comp Conference

TENNESSEE WORKERS COMP CONFERENCE, to be held on
Thursday & Friday, November 19-20 at the Embassy Suites in
Franklin/Cool Springs.

IN THIS WEEKS TAM-Bytes

Workers Comp Appeals Panel affirms trial courts finding that event
after work accident was direct and natural consequence of original
injury and that employees action was not independent intervening
cause when employee did not violate her medical restrictions and
doctor considered her action to be foreseeable;
Court of Appeals reverses trial courts award to wife of $250 per
month as alimony in futuro until her retirement, and then $100 in
alimony in futuro thereafter, when trial court overestimated both
wifes need and husbands ability to pay;
Court of Appeals upholds finding of civil contempt against husband
when husbands decision to cancel $50,000 life insurance policy on
his life, which he was required to have by parties marital dissolution
agreement, was intentional and voluntary; and
In case in which defendant pled guilty to leaving scene of accident
involving death, Court of Criminal Appeals reverses trial courts
denial of judicial diversion when trial court abused discretion by
placing undue weight on offense it believed defendant should have
been charged with, but was never indicted for, i.e., vehicular
homicide.
WORKERS COMP APPEALS PANEL
WORKERS COMPENSATION: When employee tore her ACL in work
accident, surgery to repair knee took place on 9/9/10, doctor instructed
employee to use crutches, place no weight on her right leg, and wear brace,
on 10/5/10, after returning home from physical therapy appointment,
employee went into her backyard, noticed sharp object on ground, placed
both crutches on her left side, attempted to reach down to pick up object,
and lost her balance, and doctor subsequently concluded that graft had
failed and recommended second surgery using donor tendon to repair tear,
evidence did not preponderate against trial courts finding that event of

10/5/10 was direct and natural consequence of original injury and that
employees action was not independent intervening cause when employee
did not violate her medical restrictions, doctor considered her action to be
foreseeable, and doctor considered her action to be consistent with her
therapeutic program. United Parcel Service Inc. v. Brown, 8/11/15,
Nashville, Ash, 8 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/ups-brown.opn2jo2.pdf

WORKERS COMP APPEALS BOARD

WORKERS COMPENSATION: When employee alleged that that she
sustained injury to her left shoulder when she pushed cart into pallet at
work, and physician selected from employers panel opined that employee
did not sustain any injury arising from work accident and that her
symptoms related to pre-existing chronic back problems, trial court erred in
completely disregarding opinion of physician based on trial courts analysis
of quality of physicians physical examination or courts conclusion that his
report lacked empirical evidence to corroborate his opinions; causation
opinion offered by authorized treating physician is entitled to rebuttable
presumption; employees lay testimony did not overcome presumption of
correctness to which physicians causation opinion is entitled. Scott v.
Integrity Staffing Solutions, 8/18/15, Conner, 21 pages.
http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1158&context=utk_workerscomp
http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=utk_workerscomp

COURT OF APPEALS
COMMERCIAL LAW: When plaintiffs and defendant-signatory
expressly agreed to arbitrate any disputes arising from contact and further
agreed that contract would be governed by New York law, plaintiff later
filed suit against defendant-signatory, as well as one of defendants
employees, who had not signed arbitration agreement, for breach of
fiduciary duty, negligence, and aiding and abetting conversion, and
defendants filed motion to compel arbitration, parties choice of law
provision was binding when defendant was headquartered in New York and
nothing indicated that applying New York law would violate Tennessees
public policy; Federal Arbitration Act and New York law apply to
substantive matters, while Tennessee law governs procedural issues;
because of delegation clause in parties arbitration agreement, only specific
challenge to unconscionability of delegation clause may be heard by court,
and any challenges to underlying services agreement or arbitration
agreement as whole have been delegated to arbitrator; because plaintiffs

claims against non-signatory employee are intertwined with claims against

signatory defendant, all disputes regarding arbitrability of claims against
non-signatory employee must also be resolved by arbitrator. Mid-South
Maintenance Inc. v. Paychex Inc., 8/14/15, WS. Stafford, 33 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/midsouthmaintenanceopn.pdf

PROPERTY: In case in which plaintiff filed detainer warrant to regain

possession of property and for unpaid rent, warrant was served upon father
of lessee, general sessions court initially entered default judgment, allowing
plaintiff to regain possession of property, several months later, court
entered default judgment for damages against lessee, eight years later,
plaintiff sought to execute on judgment by issuing garnishment, judgment
debtor moved to quash garnishment and to set aside money judgment on
ground that there was no personal service on any defendant and that money
judgment had not been entered against judgment debtor, general sessions
court granted motion and held that judgment was void, and plaintiff
appealed to circuit court, circuit court erred in reinstating money judgment
when lessee was not properly served for purposes of entry of default
judgment for money; while service on lessees father was sufficient for
plaintiff to regain possession of property, there was no evidence that father
was sons agent or that lessee was personally served in accordance with
TCA 16-15-903(1), and as such, court lacked jurisdiction over lessee in
order to render money judgment against him. Homes v. Francis, 8/12/15,
MS, Dinkins, 6 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/homes_v._francis_14-00729_opinion.pdf

FAMILY LAW: Evidence preponderated against trial courts award to

wife of $250 per month as alimony in futuro until her retirement, and then
$100 in alimony in futuro thereafter, when trial court overestimated both
wifes need and husbands ability to pay husband simply does not have
excess income to pay wife support of this amount, especially given his
obligation to pay one-half of mortgage on marital residence, wife has
independent funds with which to finance her retirement, including her
pension, her 401k, and funds awarded to her from husbands 401k, as well
as her social security benefits; given amount of funds available to wife, it is
not clear that wife will be in need of alimony even after her retirement,
thus, despite long duration of parties marriage, presumption in favor of
rehabilitative or transitional alimony inherent in Tennessee alimony statute
militates in favor of short-term support; wife is entitled to award of $43 per
month in transitional alimony to be paid until her retirement, which award
will be modifiable upon showing of substantial and material change in
circumstances. Ezekiel v. Ezekiel, 8/17/15, WS, Stafford, 14 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/ezekielaopn.pdf

FAMILY LAW: In case in which parties were divorced in 2009, marital

dissolution agreement required husband to pay premiums on two life
insurance policies, one which covered his life and named wife as
beneficiary and one on wifes life, naming him as beneficiary, husband
cancelled policy on his life in 2014 because premium had increased
significantly, wife filed petition for contempt, and trial court held husband
in civil contempt and ordered him to obtain $50,000 life insurance policy to
replace one he had cancelled, and in event he could not obtain such policy,
court entered $50,000 judgment against husband and required him to make
monthly payments on judgment to court clerk, evidence did not
preponderate against trial courts holding that husbands decision to cancel
policy, and actions taken to do so husband testified that after premium
increased to $681 per month, he unilaterally cancelled policy because he
could not afford to pay that amount were intentional and voluntary;
evidence did not preponderate against trial courts finding that husband has
ability to pay either premium for life insurance or $500 per month on
judgment entered against him by trial court. Dukes v. Dukes, 8/13/15, MS,
Dinkins, 10 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/dukepaulette.opn_.pdf

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

CRIMINAL LAW: In case in which defendant was convicted of murder
during perpetration of child abuse of 4.5-year-old victim who had been
adopted from China and relocated to United States approximately 10 weeks
before her death, trial judge did not err by admitting videotape of victim
that was prepared by adoption agency to show most accurate representation
of child to prospective adoptive parents when, in light of defendants
continued attempts to mitigate her actions vis--vis severity of victims
injuries defendant claimed that victim was underweight, suffered from
severe malnutrition, had brittle bones, bruised easily, and likely suffered
from cerebral palsy video depicting victim in life, showing that she did
not suffer from maladies claimed by defendant, was relevant to rebut
defendants theory of case. State v. Wen Yee Mark, 8/10/15, Nashville,
Page, 59 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/markdeborahwenyeeopn.pdf

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: In case in which defendant pled guilty to

robbery and theft, and 31 days after entry of judgment, defendant filed
motion to set aside his pleas, which trial court denied, because documents
do not have file-stamp date indicating when they were received by clerk,
defendants motion was timely despite having been filed 31 days after date

shown in Date of Entry of Judgment; district attorney bears responsibility

to ensure that judgment forms have been filed, and this responsibility
includes task of making sure that document bears file-stamp date; trial
court did not abuse discretion in denying defendants motion to withdraw
his guilty pleas. State v. Robinette, 8/11/15, Knoxville, Williams, 13 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/robinettebla.pdf

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: TCA 55-50-301, which requires individual

driving motor vehicle upon highway in Tennessee to possess valid drivers
license, is constitutional; legislature, through its police power, may
prescribe conditions under which privilege of operating automobile on
public highways may be exercised, and requiring individuals to obtain
drivers license and to register their automobiles with state is reasonable
exercise of that power; legitimate state interest exists justifying statutory
requirement that drivers social security number appear on face of license
issued by Department of Safety. State v. Schmitz, 8/13/15, Nashville, Witt,
6 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/schmitzfrederickjjropn.pdf

CRIMINAL SENTENCING: In case in which defendant pled guilty to

leaving scene of accident involving death, trial judge abused discretion in
denying defendants request for judicial diversion when trial courts
consideration of offense it believed defendant should have been charged
with, i.e., vehicular homicide, violated fundamental constitutional principal
of separation of powers; because defendant had no notice that offense of
vehicular homicide would be used as consideration in determining judicial
diversion, this was violation of due process, and trial court abused
discretion in considering it; fact that defendant was involved in motor
vehicle accident and that death resulted are already elements of indicted
offense, and nothing exists in record suggesting that defendants conduct
was aggravated in such way that justified denying diversion because victim
died; due to repeated references throughout trial courts ruling to fact that
defendant was not charged with vehicular homicide, it is clear that this
irrelevant factor tainted courts decision-making process such that
presumption of reasonableness standard is not appropriate; case is
remanded to trial court for entry of order placing defendant on judicial
diversion for period of four years. State v. Gobble, 8/12/15, Knoxville,
Easter, 16 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/gobblechyanneopn.pdf

CRIMINAL SENTENCING: Because award of pretrial jail credits lies

strictly within jurisdiction of trial court rather than Department of
Correction, any resort to administrative avenues of relief to address the
trial courts failure to award pretrial jail credits would be futile;

defendants claim that he is entitled to relief because trial court failed to

award pretrial jail credit that he allegedly earned pursuant to TCA 40-23101(c) was within jurisdiction of trial court. State v. Busha, 8/10/15,
Knoxville, Page, 5 pages.
http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/bushaaustinfopn.pdf

SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

EMPLOYMENT: District court properly granted McNairy County
summary judgment on discrimination claim of plaintiff, black male
correctional officer for McNairy County Sheriffs Department, when
McNairy County offered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons receipt of
reports that plaintiff only required trustees to pick up trash for couple of
hours and was sleeping and fishing while on job for its action in
reassigning plaintiff from litter crew to jail and his subsequent probation;
district court correctly granted defendants summary judgment on plaintiffs
Title VII race-based wage discrimination claim; district court properly
granted defendants summary judgment on plaintiffs Tennessee Public
Protection Act claim when plaintiff failed to point to any code or regulatory
violation; district court erred in sua sponte granting defendants summary
judgment as to plaintiffs retaliation claim when, viewing evidence in light
most favorable to plaintiff, he produced sufficient evidence from which jury
could reasonably reject defendants explanation for discharge potential
problems with plaintiffs military discharge and infer that defendants
intentionally discriminated against plaintiff. Amos v. McNairy County,
8/10/15, Gibbons, 19 pages, N/Pub.
http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0563n-06.pdf

COURT OF WORKERS COMP CLAIMS

WORKERS COMPENSATION: When plaintiff fell after reaching top of
stairs in employers plant, employees request for medical benefits is denied
when no special hazard contributed to fall; record contains no evidence that
medical condition caused employee to fall, but record contains several
compelling pieces of evidence that contradicted employees position that
slippery substance on bottom of employees shoes that she believes came
from inside plant caused her to fall video evidence did not show
hazardous condition or indicate that employee slipped, several other
workers climbed stairs before and after employee but none slipped, and
employee identified chaplain, her supervisor, and nurse as persons who
observed hazardous condition of floor or substance on employees shoes,

but employee did not call any of these witnesses to testify or to provide
their affidavits to corroborate her testimony. Portilla v. Tyson Foods Inc.,
5/26/15, Baker, 8 pages.
http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=utk_workerscomp

WORKERS COMPENSATION: When employee slipped and fell in

standing water in kitchen at employer, employee struck her head on floor
when she fell, employee lost consciousness, suffered cut to her head, and
suffered significant bruising to her face, employee also damaged her glasses
in fall, she was transported to hospital where she stayed overnight, she
incurred $2,676 in medical expenses for treatment related to injury, and
employee seeks final order awarding her cost of her medical bills, employer
must pay $2,676 in employees unpaid medical bills and pay costs of
having eyeglasses repaired or replaced; because employee did not provide
opinion from physician stating that she could not resume working following
her injury and because employee has not submitted any medical proof
showing that she was totally disabled from working due to her injury, she
cannot recover temporary disability benefits. Little v. Underwood, 5/22/15,
Baker, 7 pages.
http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=utk_workerscomp

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