Jackson Lewis: Workers' Compensation Appropriate for On-call Health Care Worker Injured on Way Home: Tennessee Supreme Court | Practical Law

Jackson Lewis: Workers' Compensation Appropriate for On-call Health Care Worker Injured on Way Home: Tennessee Supreme Court | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Tennessee Supreme Court's ruling in Shannon v. Roane Med. Ctr., in which the court held that an on-call employee injured while driving home from her workplace qualified for an exception to the rule barring workers' compensation for employees injured while going to or from work. For on-call employees, courts will consider the totality of the circumstances to determine whether the employee falls under the exception and is covered by the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act.

Jackson Lewis: Workers' Compensation Appropriate for On-call Health Care Worker Injured on Way Home: Tennessee Supreme Court

by Jackson Lewis LLP
Published on 27 Mar 2013Tennessee, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Tennessee Supreme Court's ruling in Shannon v. Roane Med. Ctr., in which the court held that an on-call employee injured while driving home from her workplace qualified for an exception to the rule barring workers' compensation for employees injured while going to or from work. For on-call employees, courts will consider the totality of the circumstances to determine whether the employee falls under the exception and is covered by the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act.