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TN WORKERS’ COMP CHRONICLE July 2009
1. TN Workers’ Comp Chronicle
July 2009
Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP (865) 692-9039
2009 Legislative UpdateInside This
Issue:
• 2009 Legislative
Update
• New Forms
From the DOL
• MIJS Due
Process
Challenge
• Recreational
Activities
Limited
• About MIJS
C31 Confusion
The transition to the new rules has created
uncertainty regarding the need for signed
releases in pre-July 2009 claims. In
response to the C31 chaos, MIJS
contacted the sponsors of the amendment
and asked that they take action to clarify
the confusion surrounding the Department
of Labor’s interpretation of the new rules.
When the concerns of employers and
carriers were brought to the Senate
Majority Leader’s attention, the policy
advisors to the sponsors of the bill,
arranged for a meeting with the
Department to discuss their interpretation
of the new law.
On July 23, 2009, that meeting was held
and the Department retracted its incorrect
summary of the Overstreet amendment.
Notice was posted on the Department
website clarifying that for claims occurring
before July 1, 2009, any signed release of
medical information furnished to a medical
provider remains valid. Signed C31’s are
required for all new claims and for old
claims where no release whatsoever has
been obtained.
If you have questions regarding a
claimant’s failure to sign a release, please
call MIJS to discuss your options.
Ownership Changes & Reconsideration
Another new law prohibits reconsideration
of capped claims in those instances where
the ownership of the business changes
but the employee continues to be
employed by the successor business with
the same or higher rate of pay or the
employee declines an offer of employment
with the same or higher rate of pay. This
applies to injuries occurring on or after
July 1, 2009.
By: Gregory H. Fuller
Overstreet Amendment
In an effort to promote the swift resolution
of claims, the General Assembly modified
the 2008 Overstreet decision. Effective
July 1, 2009, there is no longer an implied
covenant of confidentiality in comp claims.
The new amendment is designed to foster
communication between parties to a claim.
If a proper released is obtained, causation
questionnaires and other written
correspondence may be sent to an ATP
as long as the employee or their attorney
is carbon copied. This should allow all
parties involved in a claim to resolve
issues and move employees towards
maximum medical improvement. Any
response from the physician must also be
timely sent to the employee or their
representative.
More importantly, employers and carriers
are now allowed to orally discuss a claim
with the ATP, provided they comply with
the new amendment’s requirements.
Before contacting the physician, seven-
day advance notice must be provided.
Further, the employee or attorney must be
given a written summary of the ATP’s
opinions within seven days of the
communication. Such communication
also requires a signed release.
2. TN Workers Comp Chronicle Page 2 of 4
New Form Streamlines Requests For Discovery
to the Overstreet debacle.
The Department of Labor has long
addressed discovery related issues
through the Benefit Review Process
Rules, specifically Chapter 0800-2-5-
.06. The purpose of this rule is to
“strongly encourage” parties to resolve
discovery disputes informally.
Discovery Attorney
However, as is usually the case, when
such efforts fail a Workers’
Compensation Specialist may request
the assistance of a Designated
Discovery Attorney.
When a discovery dispute occurs, the
Department’s Designated Discovery
Attorney conducts an informal
teleconference to determine whether
there is a genuine need for more
information. The new change will be
most useful when doctor depositions
are needed early in a claim to
determine causation. The form is
available at:
http://www.state.tn.us/labor-
wfd/forms/c40a.pdf
By: Daniel Starnes
The Tennessee Department of Labor
recently made changes to the Form C-
40A, Request for Assistance. The first
change is found in the types of disputes
in which assistance may be requested.
The new C-40A allows a party to request
assistance for discovery related issues,
under section (B).
Prior to the most recent addition, the C-
40A only listed temporary disability
benefits, medical care benefits and/or
penalties for late payment or non-
payment of benefits as options for
requesting assistance.
However, prior to the new change many
attorneys simply added “discovery” to
the form under section (B) when such
assistance was required. Therefore, this
addition appears to be more form than
substance.
The reason behind adding discovery
related issues to the Request for
Assistance has not been addressed by
the Department of Labor. However, one
could surmise that it stems from an
increase in discovery disputes in which
the Department of Labor has had to
resolve. Specifically, when dealing with
medical related discovery issues, thanks
Informal
Teleconferences Are
Held to Resolve
Discovery Disputes
New Administrative Review C44 Form
Employers and Insurers are required
to comply with a Specialist’s Order for
payment or provision of workers’
compensation benefits within fifteen
(15) calendar days from receipt of the
order. Failing to do so can result in
drastic financial penalties.
However, Tennessee’s Workers’
Compensation Law expressly
provides for an administrative review,
and a new form is now available for
filing with the TDLWD.
Employees, Employers, Insurance
Carriers and their Attorneys have the
right to request administrative review
of a Workers’ Compensation
Specialist’s Order. Filing this request
provides the affected party a measure
of immediate relief, by temporarily
forestalling compliance with the
adverse Order. Administrative Review
teleconferences are the only real
avenue for making meaningful
arguments at the Request for
Assistance stage.
Primary Change
There is one important change worth
discussing. The previous form
allowed written waiver of an informal
teleconference whereby the
administrator’s decision would be
based solely on the written
documentation provided.
The new form C-44 requires the
requesting party to list their
availability for the following 10 days,
as the telephone conference must be
scheduled within that time frame.
After receiving the Specialist’s Order,
requesting parties are only allowed
seven days to game plan, articulate
their legal arguments, and submit their
completed Form C-44 and
documentation to the TDLWD.
The revised Form C-44 can be found
online at http://www.state.tn.us/labor-
wfd/forms-c44.pdf.
By: Todd Heird
3. TN Workers’ Comp ChroniclePage 3 of 4
MIJS Challenges Constitutionality of RFA Process
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP
recently filed a petition on behalf of one
of our valued clients which may have
wide-ranging effects on Tennessee’s
Workers’ Compensation Law. In the
petition filed by Gregory H. Fuller,
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP
challenges the constitutionality of
Tennessee Code Annotated § 50-6-238.
The petition also addresses the
landmark issue of whether the
Tennessee Uniform Administrative
Procedures Act applies to agency action
undertaken by the TDLWD in
determining a request for assistance
and the subsequent administrative
review of the specialist’s order.
Arbitrary Standard
The claims for relief asserted in the
petition seek redress for one of the most
important issues in Tennessee Workers’
Compensation Law: How do employers
and insurer carriers in Tennessee obtain
an adequate remedy for arbitrary
agency orders and actions in excess of
statutory authority?
Tennessee Code Annotated § 50-6-238
allows workers’ compensation specialist
to award “temporary disability benefits” if
determined to be “appropriate” in light of
available “information.” Many employers
believe this ambiguous standard gives
specialists too much discretion in
ordering benefits. This is especially true
in light of the fact that there is no such
thing as “temporary disability benefits.”
The statutes provide only for temporary
total or temporary partial benefits.
Second Injury Refund Inadequate
Under the current statutory scheme, a
refund from the Second Injury Fund is
potentially recoverable.
However, “the entity or person who paid
the benefits pursuant to a specialist’s
order or orders is not entitled to receive
the refund until the claim has been fully
concluded by the trial court or, if
appealed, by the Tennessee Supreme
Court.” In many cases this could take
years to pan out.
At the same time, other provisions make
evidence of a workers’ compensation
specialist’s order inadmissible in
subsequent proceedings.
Tennessee’s workers’ compensation
statutes do not provide any adequate
mechanism for reviewing the actions
taken by the Department in issuing or
reviewing orders.
Accordingly, Moore Ingram Johnson &
Steele, LLP has petitioned for a
declaratory judgment to address the
substantive and procedural Due
Process issues of a statutory provision
empowering the Department to deprive
employers of property based upon an
arbitrary standard without an evidentiary
hearing.
A motion to dismiss filed by the
Department was denied in late June,
2009. The Chancery Court of Davidson
County was sympathetic to the
complaints of Tennessee employers and
will soon decide for itself whether the
Department has too much power.
By: Todd Heird
Do the Department’s RFA
Procedures Comply with Due
Process?
4. TN Workers Comp Chronicle Page 4 of 4
Good Sports: Limiting Recreational Compensability
Employers may not have to take
down those basketball goals in the
break area just yet… The Tennessee
legislature recently passed a
compromise bill providing that no
compensation will be allowed for an
injury or death due to an employee’s
voluntary participation in
recreational, social, athletic, or
exercise events.
This welcome change comes in
response to an outlandish Supreme
Court opinion holding that heart
attacks suffered during break-time
basketball games are in fact
compensable.
Express or Implied Participation
Under the new law, employers will
not be liable for injuries unless
participation is expressly or impliedly
required.
While compulsory competition
remains a bad idea, the question of
what “impliedly” means could make
for interesting litigation.
Employers will be liable, however, if
the participation produces a direct
benefit to the employer beyond
improvement in employee health and
morale.
Hazardous Conditions
Another way in which employer’s can
be liable for recreational activities is
if the injury occurs due to an unsafe
condition during voluntary
participation using facilities
designated by, furnished by, or
maintained by the employer on or off
the employer’s premises and the
employer has actual knowledge of
the unsafe condition and fails to
curtail the activity or program or cure
the unsafe condition.
This new law puts a common sense
limit on the course and scope of
employment. Although mandatory
dunking contests will continue to be
frowned upon, employers who follow
these guidelines, can now safely
boost morale without betting the
checkbook.
By: Juliane Morris
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