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SAEEDA JOHNSON v. AIMBRIDGE HOSPITALITY, LLC, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 29, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Saeeda Johnson, Knoxville, Tennessee, employee-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Phillip R. Baker, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, Aimbridge Hospitality, LLC.

Judge(s): WEAVER

In this compensation appeal, the employee questions the trial court’s order denying her request for permanent disability benefits but awarding future medical benefits. The employee originally reported various injuries when some chairs fell on her at work. The employer accepted the compensability of the accident and authorized medical care for her right arm complaints but declined to pay any temporary disability benefits. After an interlocutory hearing, the trial court awarded the employee some temporary disability benefits and ordered the employer to continue providing medical care related to her right upper extremity injury. Thereafter, the employee filed another request seeking additional temporary disability benefits. Following another interlocutory hearing, the trial court found the employer could accommodate the employee’s restrictions and denied her request for further temporary benefits. After the trial court issued that order, the employee informed her authorized treating physician she did not want any further medical treatment. A compensation hearing was then held, and the trial court found the employee had not submitted evidence that would entitle her to permanent disability benefits but awarded future reasonable and necessary medical benefits causally related to her work injury. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision and certify it as final.

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