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willful misconduct affirmative defense in Tennessee

5 Tennessee opinions name it 1 courts 2014–2016 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee.

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

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Troy Mitchell v. Fayetteville Public Utilities green
tenn · 2012
2 sentences

2016Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-110(a) (2015) provides the following in pertinent part: No compensation shall be allowed for an injury or death due to: (1) The employee’s willful misconduct; (2) The employee’s intentional self-inflicted injury; (3) The employee’s intoxication or illegal drug usage; (4) The employee’s willful failure or refusal to use a safety device[.] The controlling case outlining the willful misconduct affirmative defense is Mitchell v. Fayetteville Public Utilities, 368 S.W.3d 442 (Tenn. 2012).

2016Willful Failure or Refusal to Use a Safety Device Affirmative Defense The controlling case outlining the willful misconduct affirmative defense is Mitchell v. Fayetteville Public Utilities, 368 S.W.3d 442 (Tenn. 2012); see also Gonzales v. ABC Prof'!

52014–2016

Statutes the citing opinions construe

TN § Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-239 (5) TN § Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-102 (4) TN § Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-110 (3) TN § Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-204 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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