Executive Summary: On August 21, 2015, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that a job applicant does not have a cause of action under the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act (TWCA) against a prospective employer for failure to hire based on the applicant’s workers’ compensation claim against a previous employer. Yardley v. Hospital Housekeeping Systems, LLC.
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