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CHAD GRAVES v. SOUTHALL ADVENTURES, LLC, ET AL

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 25, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Nicholas J. Peterson and Brady Allen, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the employer- appellant/appellee, Southall Adventures, LLC.

Attorneys 2: Adam Brock-Dagnan, Nashville, Tennessee, for the employee-appellee/appellant, Chad Graves.

Judge(s): GODKIN

In this interlocutory appeal, both parties have filed notices of appeal. At an expedited hearing, the employee sought additional medical treatment and temporary disability benefits related to injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell at work. The court ordered the employer to provide the requested benefits but declined to order the employer to authorize treatment with the employee’s unauthorized physician for his alleged cervical spine injury. In its notice of appeal, the employer contends the trial court erred when it ordered additional medical and temporary disability benefits for the employee’s alleged left knee injury. In his notice of appeal, the employee asserts the trial court erred in declining to compel the employer to approve his unauthorized physician as his authorized treating physician moving forward. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s order in part, reverse it in part, and remand the case.

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