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CRYSTAL GREEN v. 101 VAPE & SMOKE, LLC

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 3, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Ben M. Rose, Nashville, Tennessee, for the defendant, 101 Vape & Smoke, LLC.

Attorneys 2: Crystal Green, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, employee, pro se.

Judge(s): CONNER

In this interlocutory appeal, the employee reported tripping over a cord and injuring her right ankle. The company for which she was working asserted it did not have five or more employees and, therefore, was not subject to Tennessee’s workers’ compensation laws. Following an expedited hearing, the trial court determined that several related companies with one or more common owners operated as a single business entity and, when considered collectively, were subject to the workers’ compensation laws. The trial court ordered the company to provide a panel of physicians, but it denied the employee’s claim for temporary disability benefits. Both parties have appealed. We reverse the trial court’s order with respect to the threshold issue of the applicability of Tennessee’s Workers’ Compensation Law, conclude all other issues are pretermitted, and remand the case.

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