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LINDA MUELLER v. CSL PLASMA, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 15, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Linda Mueller, Knoxville, Tennessee, employee-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Jennifer Caywood Schmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, CSL Plasma.

Judge(s): WEAVER

This is one of four concurrent appeals filed in four separate causes of action, all of which concern the trial court’s decision to grant the employer’s motions for summary judgment and dismiss all four claims. In this claim, the employee alleges an injury to her low back. The employer authorized medical care, and the treating physician released the employee at maximum medical improvement with no permanent impairment and no indication of a need for further medical treatment. The employer also had the employee evaluated by an orthopedic physician, who opined her low back complaints were due to pre-existing conditions and were not primarily caused by her employment. The employer filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that the employee had no medical proof that her complaints were primarily caused by her employment. The employee did not respond to the motion and did not offer any medical evidence of causation, which is an essential element of her claim, and the trial court granted the motion. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s order and certify it as final.

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