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LANELL MCMILLIAN v. ULG COMPANIES, LLC, ET AL.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Sep 4, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Lanell McMillian, Clarkstown, North Carolina, employee-appellant, pro se

Attorneys 2: A. Allen Grant and Benjamin T. Norris, Nashville, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, ULG Companies, LLC

Judge(s): GODKIN

In this compensation appeal, the employee questions the trial court’s order granting the employer’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing the employee’s petition for additional medical benefits. The employee suffered a compensable left ankle sprain and received medical treatment before he was placed at maximum medical improvement by the authorized treating physician and released with no permanent medical impairment. The employer filed a motion for summary judgment, which the court granted in part with respect to the issue of permanent disability benefits. The employee’s right to future medical benefits related to his left ankle sprain remained open for any reasonable and necessary medical treatment arising primarily from the work accident. Thereafter, the employee filed a motion for additional workers’ compensation benefits, including medical treatment, and the employer filed a second motion for summary judgment. The court granted the motion, noting that any request for payment for unauthorized treatment that occurred before entry of its prior order was barred by the doctrine of res judicata and that the employee was not entitled to the other relief he sought. 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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