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: Tennessee Law BlogTN Circuit City employees may be able to reopen work comp claims
With the unfortunate news of more layoffs from another large company, Circuit City, it is important for all Tennessee employees to be informed of potential help they may have in these hard times. One benefit many employees are unaware of is the ability to reopen an old workers compensation claim if you are laid off. As such, if you had a priors workerman compensation claim and you are being terminated due to the economy you may be able to reopen you claim.
If you think this may apply to you, feel free to call our law office with any questions you may have.
Full post as published by Tennessee Law Blog on January 19, 2009 (boomark / email).
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