This course is designed to provide students with a practical understanding of workers' compensation laws nationwide, with a particular emphasis on Tennessee's workers' compensation system. The course provides the history, foundation, and development of workers' compensation laws, and students will analyze the decisions of workers' compensation courts. The course will examine a broad array of legal issues, including the statutory requirements to establish entitlement to workers' compensation benefits, the types of benefits available to injured workers, the defenses employers assert to such claims, and the dispute resolution processes used by various states, with an emphasis on Tennessee's dispute resolution and litigation schemes.
Course Frequency
Offered when student interest and faculty availability allow.