Doxie M. Frayser v. Dentsply International, Inc.

The trial court found that Plaintiff's workers' compensation claim for an injury occurring in 1994, was barred by the statute of limitations and that the doctrine of equitable estoppel was not applicable to the case. We hold that an employer may not offer an employee an alternative benefit option that would circumvent Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law when the employer is aware that the employee's injury is work-related. As discussed below, the trial court's judgment is reversed and remanded in part and affirmed in part.