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RONNIE SLATER v. ADECCO USA, INC., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 31, 2026

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Carmen Y. Ware, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the employee-appellant, Ronnie Slater

Attorneys 2: Charles E. Pierce, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, ADECCO USA, Inc.

Judge(s): GODKIN

In the second interlocutory appeal in this case, the employee questions the trial court’s order denying his request that a nurse case manager be assigned to his case and that he be awarded attorneys’ fees, costs, and penalties for the employer’s delay in scheduling medical treatment recommended by the authorized physician. The medical treatment in question had been completed approximately two months prior to the trial court’s order and approximately a year after being recommended. The trial court, apparently unaware that the treatment in question had been provided, determined in a decision on the record that the employee will likely prevail at trial in proving his entitlement to the medical treatment but would not likely prevail in establishing his entitlement to the remaining relief he sought. As a result, the court ordered the employer to provide treatment that had already been provided, and the employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision and remand the case.

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