Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-106 (2026)
Workers' compensation not affected
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter shall not apply to any action brought by an employee under the workers' compensation laws of Tennessee.
Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 534, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-3306.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1987–1988 · leading case: Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 603 (Tenn. 1987).
Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 603 (Tenn. 1987). “§§ 29-16-123 and 29-16-124 from operation of this statute and T.C.A. § 29-20-106 provides that workers' compensation actions remain outside the scope of the GTLA.”
Montgomery v. Mayor of City of Covington, 778 S.W.2d 444 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988). “1984), his action is an action under the workers’ compensation statutes of Tennessee and therefore is covered by § 29-20-106 of GTLA which reads in part: “This chapter shall not apply to any action brought by an employee under the workers’ compensation laws of Tennessee.”
Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 599 (Tenn. 1987). “§ 29-20-104(a) provided that “all other acts or statutes in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall only be applicable to governmental entities exercising their right not to come under” the GTLA, but T.”
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