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Bill Title: As introduced, allows attorneys' fees and other costs to be recovered in a workers' compensation claim when the employer denies a claim or fails to deliver benefits to which the employee is entitled if a workers' compensation judge makes a finding that benefits were owed; grants a refund to employers or their insurers if benefits were paid and subsequently a court finds that the employee was not entitled to the benefits. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-226.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee [HB1869 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2015-HB1869-Draft.pdf

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