Tennessee has taken another important step in replacing its court-based workers' compensation dispute resolution system with an administrative process.
Legislation, regarded by Gov. Bill Haslam as a priority, was furthered when the state House on April 11 dropped its version of an earlier-adopted Senate bill to remove workers' compensation cases from the state's trial courts and create special panels appointed by the governor to hear claims and appeals.
The House vote was 68-24, almost entirely along party lines.
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