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WAYNE FREEMAN v. UNITED ROAD SERVICES, INC., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 6, 2026

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Wayne Freeman, Summertown, Tennessee, employee-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Heather H. Douglas and Jenna M. Macnair, Nashville, Tennessee, for the employer- appellee, United Road Services, Inc..

Judge(s): CONNER

The employee in this case has two pending claims: the first involves a compensable left shoulder injury that is the subject of a separate appeal; the second involves an alleged right shoulder injury the employee contended occurred several days before surgery on his left shoulder, when he was closing upper deck extensions on a vehicle hauler. The employer denied this second claim, asserting that the employee did not give notice of the alleged accident until more than fifteen days after its occurrence and offered no reasonable excuse for his failure to give timely notice. Following an expedited hearing on this second claim, the trial court determined the employee is not likely to prevail at trial in proving he gave timely notice of his alleged right shoulder injury or had a reasonable excuse for the failure to give timely notice, and it denied his request for medical benefits related to the right shoulder condition. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s order and remand the case.

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