(a) The right to compensation for an occupational disease or a claim for death benefits as a result of an occupational disease shall be forever barred, unless a claim is initiated pursuant to § 50-6-203; provided, however, that the applicable time limitation period or periods shall commence as of the date of the beginning of the incapacity for work resulting from an occupational disease or upon the date death results from the occupational disease; provided, further, that if upon the date of the death of the employee the employee’s claim has become barred, the claim of the employee’s dependent or dependents shall likewise be barred, and in that case the claim shall be barred whether or not the employer gives the notice required by § 50-6-224(2) [Applicable only to injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2014. See the Compiler’s Notes.].
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-6-306

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Employee: includes every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, the president, any vice president, secretary, treasurer or other executive officer of a corporate employer without regard to the nature of the duties of the corporate officials, in the service of an employer, as employer is defined in subdivision (11), under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
  • Employer: includes any individual, firm, association or corporation, the receiver or trustee of the individual, firm, association or corporation, or the legal representative of a deceased employer, using the services of not less than five (5) persons for pay, except as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102
(b) A claim for benefits or death due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis shall be timely filed if the claim is instituted pursuant to § 50-6-203 within three (3) years of the discovery of total disability or the date of death, as the case may be.
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