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DEANDRE MILES v. NIKE INC. FOOTWEAR, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 16, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: DeAndre Miles, Memphis, Tennessee, employee-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Vickie M. Cruzen, Memphis, Tennessee, for the employer-appellee, Nike Inc. Footwear.

Judge(s): GODKIN

In this interlocutory appeal, the employee questions the trial court’s order denying his request to be provided a new authorized treating physician. The employee expressed dissatisfaction with his authorized physician and requested a new doctor. The employer declined, asserting that the employee has received all the benefits to which he is currently entitled and that the authorized physician placed the employee at maximum medical improvement with no permanent medical impairment. After an expedited hearing, the trial court issued an order declining to order the employer to provide a new panel of physicians but observing that the employee could return to his authorized physician. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision and remand the case.

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