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· 7/23/1990

Simpson v. H.D. Lee Co.

Citations

  • 793 S.W.2d 929
  • 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 281

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that medication taken contrary to instructions constituted an intervening cause
  • finding medication prescribed for compensable injury but taken in direct contravention to physician's instructions was an independent intervening cause of injury precluding additional workers' compensation benefits for employee's subsequent death
  • finding medication prescribed for compensable injury but taken in direct contravention to physician’s instructions was an independent intervening cause of injury precluding additional workers’ compensation benefits for employee’s subsequent death

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Judges: Cooper, Daughtrey, Drowota, Fones, O'Brien

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