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NUTT v. CHAMPION INTERN. CORP.

980 S.W.2d 365 (1998)

Fay Thomas NUTT, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Allen Phillips, Jackson, for Appellant.

William Landis Turner, Hohenwald, for Appellee.

OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether an employer is entitled to an offset of long-term disability payments against a workers' compensation award for permanent total disability. A 1996 amendment to Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-114 permits offsets against workers' compensation benefits for payments made to an employee under an employer-funded disability plan. The plaintiff's injury pre-dated the effective date of the statute....

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