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ASAD ALMALHI v. INDMAR PRODUCTS CO., INC., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 10, 2024

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Gregory H. Fuller and Houston M. Gunn, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the employer-appellant, Indmar Products Co., Inc.

Attorneys 2: Asad Almalhi, Memphis, Tennessee, employee-appellee, pro se.

Attorneys 3: Timothy P. Kellum, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Subsequent Injury and Vocational Recovery Fund.

Judge(s): CONNER

This interlocutory appeal presents an issue of first impression. The employer asserts the trial court erred in ordering it to hire a certified or state-registered translator to translate certain written discovery requests into the employee’s first language. The employee asserts that although he has certain proficiency in the English language, he remains concerned that he may have misunderstood the discovery requests and therefore could have erred in responding to them. The employer asserts that there is no rule or statute that mandates they pay to have written documents used in the scope of litigation translated into another language. Upon careful consideration of the record, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand the case.

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