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Ricky Stigall, the plaintiff, filed a tort action against Wickes Machinery and Robbins and Myers, Inc. (and its divisions). He was injured on September 9, 1981, while operating a die-casting machine during his employment with Hunter Fan and Ventilating Company, a subsidiary of Robbins and Myers, Inc. Stigall settled a workers' compensation claim against Hunter Fan. The trial court initially dismissed the action against Robbins and Myers entities, citing the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act. The Court of Appeals reversed this decision, finding Robbins and Myers, Inc. was not Stigall's employer and thus not immune from tort liability. Robbins and Myers, Inc. appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that Hunter Fan and Ventilating Company and Robbins and Myers, Inc. were identical or indistinguishable in fact and that Robbins and Myers, Inc. was Stigall's employer, thereby granting it immunity under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment and remanded the case to the trial court.
Stigall v. Wickes MacHinery, a Division of the Wickes Corp. is a workers' compensation case decided in Tennessee Supreme Court. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Tennessee Supreme Court.
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Ricky Stigall, the plaintiff, filed a tort action against Wickes Machinery and Robbins and Myers, Inc. (and its divisions). He was injured on September 9, 1981, while operating a die-casting machine during his employment with Hunter Fan and Ventilating Company, a subsidiary of Robbins and Myers, Inc. Stigall settled a workers' compensation claim against Hunter Fan. The trial court initially dismissed the action against Robbins and Myers entities, citing the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act. The Court of Appeals reversed this decision, finding Robbins and Myers, Inc. was not Stigall's employer and thus not immune from tort liability. Robbins and Myers, Inc. appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that Hunter Fan and Ventilating Company and Robbins and Myers, Inc. were "identical or indistinguishable in fact" and that Robbins and Myers, Inc. was Stigall's employer, thereby granting it immunity under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment and remanded the case to the trial court.
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