MACEY MCGUIRE v. TC RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC, ET AL. AND TROY HALEY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SUBSEQUENT INJURY AND VOCATIONAL RECOVERY FUND - Articles

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MACEY MCGUIRE v. TC RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC, ET AL. AND TROY HALEY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SUBSEQUENT INJURY AND VOCATIONAL RECOVERY FUND

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 5, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Macey McGuire, Nashville, Tennessee, employee, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Amy Brown and Nicholas J. Peterson, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, TC Restaurant Group, LLC.

Attorneys 3: Laurenn Disspayne, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, the Subsequent Injury and Vocational Recovery Fund.

Judge(s): GODKIN

In this interlocutory appeal, the employee asserts the trial court erred by denying her request for additional medical treatment and temporary disability benefits following her alleged back injury. The employer initially provided medical treatment and paid temporary disability benefits. The authorized treating physician, who had initially opined the employee’s complaints were caused primarily by the work accident, reviewed video surveillance and the employee’s written account of the accident and opined that her complaints were not primarily caused by the work incident. Thereafter, the employer denied the claim. Following an expedited hearing, the trial court determined that the physician’s opinion was unequivocal and was presumed correct, and it denied the employee’s request for additional benefits. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision and remand the case.

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