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· 10/2/2015

Valley Forge Insurance Company v. State of Tennessee

Citations

  • 475 S.W.3d 240

How courts have described this case

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  • “Although repeal by implication is not favored ... this doctrine does apply when a more recent, more specific statute is irreconcilable with a former statute on the same subject.”
  • “Although repeal by implication is not favored . . . this doctrine does apply when a more recent, more specific statute is irreconcilable with a former statute on the same subject.”
  • “The plain language of section 578, stating that the assessments ‘shall no longer be imposed on insurers,’ further supports our conclusion that the three workers’ compensation statutes have been repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with section 578.”

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Judges: Justice Gary R. Wade

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