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ERICA LEE v. AMAZON, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 30, 2026

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Olufemi Satu, Southaven, Mississippi, for the employee-appellant, Erica Lee.

Attorneys 2: Tiffany S. Hranicky, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, Amazon

Judge(s): WEAVER

The employee questions the trial court’s denial of medical and temporary benefits in this interlocutory appeal. The employee reported pain in her shoulder from an incident at work. She received authorized medical treatment, and upon placing her at maximum medical improvement, the authorized treating physician opined the employee’s condition and need for future medical treatment were not primarily caused by the injury with the employer. Thereafter, the employee sought treatment with an unauthorized physician, who opined that the employee’s condition was caused by her work injury. After an expedited hearing, the court found the employee did not come forward with sufficient evidence that she would likely prevail at trial in establishing that the work injury was the primary cause of her condition and need for additional medical treatment and denied her request for benefits. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s interlocutory order denying benefits and remand the case.

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