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BELINDA LEMAIRE v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 15, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gregory Fuller and Tiffany Sherrill, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the appellant, Lowe's Home Centers, LLC.

Attorneys 2: Belinda LeMaire, LaVergne, Tennessee, appellee, pro se.

Judge(s): MORGAN

Belinda LeMaire ("Employee") sustained an injury to her right foot while working for Lowe's Home Centers, LLC ("Employer"). The claim was accepted as compensable, and the Court of Workers' Compensation Claims ("trial court") entered a compensation order awarding permanent-partial disability benefits along with future reasonable and necessary rnedical benefits. Employee subsequently filed a petition for benefit determination stating that she had been discharged by her treating physician, and Employer was refusing to provide additional medical treatment. Following a hearing, the trial court ordered Employer to provide Employee with a new panel of physicians qualified and willing to treat her work- related injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ("Appeals l3oard") affirmed. Employer has appealed and the appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 51. We affirm the judgment of the Appeals Board and adopt its opinion as set forth in the attached Appendix.

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