Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-301 (2026)
Reserved
✓ current as of May 2026
Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 289, s 93, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1947, ch. 139, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 6852; Acts 1959, ch. 172, § 12; 1969, ch. 60, § 1; 1971, ch. 134, § 5; 1973, ch. 122, § 1; 1977, ch. 339, §§ 2, 5; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 534, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1101; Acts 2011 , ch. 416, § 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Excel Polymers, LLC v. Broyles, 302 S.W.3d 268 (Tenn. 2009).
Excel Polymers, LLC v. Broyles, 302 S.W.3d 268 (Tenn. 2009). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-301. Generally speaking, a workers’ compensation claimant must establish by expert medical evidence the causal relationship between the alleged injury and the claimant’s employment activity, “ ‘[e]x-cept in the most obvious, simple and routine cases.”
Fritts v. Saf. Nat'l Cas. Corp., 163 S.W.3d 673 (Tenn. 2005). “§ 50-6-301(6) (1999) (stating that “[diseases of the heart, lung, and hypertension arising out of and in the course of any type of employment shall be deemed to be occupational diseases”).”
Krick v. City of Lawrenceburg, 945 S.W.2d 709 (Tenn. 1997). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-301. We find that the evidence preponderates against a finding that Krick’s heart disease arose in the course and scope of his employment.”
Gatlin v. City of Knoxville, 822 S.W.2d 587 (Tenn. 1991). “He says that the 1977 amendment to the Occupational Disease statute, Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-301 (1983) 1 , which allowed recovery for all diseases arising out of the course of employment, was not considered in Jose v.”
Henley v. Roadway Express, 699 S.W.2d 150 (Tenn. 1985). “The complaint in this case alleges that plaintiff developed an occupational disease “within the meaning and confines of T.C.A. § 50-6-301” and that while working on a third shift he developed sleeping difficulties, requested reassignment to the first or second shift, which was…”
Burress v. Shelby Cnty., 74 S.W.3d 844 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 50-6-301 (1999)). After an examination of the record, we find that the evidence preponderates against a finding that Mr.”
Anderson v. Brinkhoff, 859 P.2d 819 (Colo. 1993). “-067(1) (Vernon 1987); Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-301 (1991). See also, e.”
Bridges v. Liberty Ins. Co. of Hartford, 101 S.W.3d 64 (Tenn. 2000). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-301. The court then found the plaintiff suffered from coal miner’s pneumoconiosis arising out of and in the course and scope of his employment with the defendant and also found the condition causally linked to the plaintiffs exposure to conditions and…”
Carr v. Mills, 665 S.W.2d 719 (Tenn. 1984). “T.C.A. § 50-6-301 provides for recovery of worker’s compensation benefits where disability results from an occupational disease, including any disease of the lungs, “arising out of and in the course of employment.”
Cody, Dan v. G.UB.MK Constructors, 2021 TN WC App. 79 (Tenn. Work. Comp. App. Bd. 2021). “Section 303(a)(1) provides as follows: 3 When the 2013 Workers’ Compensation Reform Act was passed, section 50-6-301, which defined the term “occupational diseases,” was eliminated, and section 50-6-102(14), which defines the word “injury,” was amended to include occupational…”
Pool, Ronald v. Jarmon D&Q Transp., 2016 TN WC App. 1 (Tenn. Work. Comp. App. Bd. 2016). “Overholt, Employer denied the claim on July 7, 2015, stating in a letter to Employee that his claim was not compensable due to a "[l]ack of [i]njury as defined by [Tennessee Code Annotated] Section 50-6-301." Employee filed a Petition for Benefit Determination requesting medical…”
Nickerson, Angela Varner v. Knox Cnty. Gov't, 2020 TN WC App. 30 (Tenn. Work. Comp. App. Bd. 2020). “cannot toll the statute of limitations by claiming he or she was unaware of the full extent of the resulting 1 Prior to July 1, 2014, the Workers’ Compensation Law contained a separate section defining “occupational diseases,” see Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-301…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-301(6) — 3 cases
Fritts v. Saf. Nat'l Cas. Corp., 163 S.W.3d 673 (Tenn. 2005). “§ 50-6-301(6) (1999) (stating that “[diseases of the heart, lung, and hypertension arising out of and in the course of any type of employment shall be deemed to be occupational diseases”).”
Adkins v. Consol. Coal Co., 893 S.W.2d 939 (Tenn. 1995).
Caudill v. Consolidation Coal Co., 910 S.W.2d 417 (Tenn. 1995).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-301(a)(1) — 2 cases
Hodge, Michael Brendan v. Alcoa, Inc. & Arconic Corp., 2026 TN WC 50 (Tenn. Ct. Work. Comp. Cl. 2026).
Myers, Walter Hubert v. Alcoa, Inc. & Arconic Corp, 2026 TN WC 52 (Tenn. Ct. Work. Comp. Cl. 2026).
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