RICKEY RICHARDSON v. THE MAPES PIANO STRING COMPANY, ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 27, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Rickey Richardson, Elizabethton, Tennessee, employee-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Bradley E. Griffith, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, The Mapes Piano String Company.

Judge(s): CONNER

In this compensation appeal, the employee asserts he has been treated unfairly in the dismissal of his claim and maintains he should be able to proceed with his case despite a prior order of dismissal entered three years before his current petition was filed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the employee’s petition for benefits on the grounds of res judicata, and we certify the trial court’s order as final.

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