Arnett, Draper & Hagood, LLP provides advice, counseling, training and litigation services for the firm’s clients in the following areas of workers’ compensation law:
- Pre-litigation and claim handling advice, support and counseling for employers, carriers and third-party administrators on various compensability issues.
- Advice concerning general workers’ compensation issues, including applicable defenses, causation issues and return to work issues.
- Assist employers, carriers and third-party administrators with petitions for Benefit Determination, for medical, temporary and permanent benefit issues.
- Expedited hearings and Compensation Hearings before Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims (CWCC) Judges throughout East and Middle Tennessee.
- Trials and settlement approvals in Chancery and Circuit Courts for pre-July 2014 claims, throughout East and Middle Tennessee.
- Mediations/benefit review conferences before the BWC.
- Appellate practice before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel.
- Coordination of Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) with workers’ compensation absences.
- Assist with reasonable accommodation obligations pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and returning employees to work.
- Counseling employers to avoid successful pursuit of retaliatory discharge action when employees are not returned to work following an occupational injury.
- Claim evaluation and negotiation.
- Preparation of settlement documents and obtaining settlement approvals before Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims (CWCC) Judges throughout East and Middle Tennessee.
- Counseling employers, carriers and third-party administrators regarding compliance with the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law and associated Rules and Regulations.
