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BENJI HURT v. VINEBROOK HOMES TRUST, INC., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 6, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Gregory H. Fuller and Katherine X. Hinkle, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the employer- appellant, Vinebrook Homes Trust, Inc.

Attorneys 2: Mark A. Lambert, Memphis, Tennessee, for the employee-appellee, Benji Hurt.

Judge(s): GODKIN

In this interlocutory appeal, the employer questions the trial court’s decision to deny its third motion to compel discovery. The court granted the employer’s first motion to compel and ordered the employee to provide written authorizations for the release of his medical records. The employee also provided responses to written discovery requests, but the employer asserted they were incomplete and filed another motion to compel, after which the employee supplied additional information. The employer then amended its motion to compel, arguing the employee’s responses were still incomplete because he had objected to its request for copies of his bank statements. In a decision on the record, the trial court denied the employer’s motion to compel production of the employee’s bank statements, and the employer has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision and remand the case.

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