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OCTAIVIAN D. REEVES v. ARAMARK SERVICES, INC., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 7, 2025

Court: TN Workers Comp Appeals Board

Attorneys 1: Octaivian D. Reeves, Jackson, Tennessee, petitioner-appellant, pro se.

Attorneys 2: Robert J. Uhorchuk, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the respondent-appellee, Aramark Services, Inc.

Judge(s): WEAVER

In this compensation appeal, the petitioner avers the trial court erred in granting the respondent’s motion for summary judgment. The petitioner was incarcerated at the Morgan County Correctional Facility when he allegedly was assaulted while working in the kitchen. Nearly four years later, he filed a petition for benefit determination against the respondent, a company contracted to provide food and commissary services to the facility at that time. In a motion for summary judgment, the respondent asserted that the petitioner was not its employee, that it did not receive timely notice of any alleged injury, and that the petitioner’s claim was time-barred. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment, determining petitioner was not an employee of the company at the time of his alleged injury. The petitioner has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the grant of summary judgment on other grounds and certify it as final.

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