Tennessee is moving to replace its court-based workers compensation dispute-resolution system with an administrative process used by all but three states.
Workers, union officials and plaintiffs' lawyers all oppose the changes but each acknowledges that passage of a measure is just a matter of time. The governor is strongly promoting it.
Lawmakers in Alabama and Oklahoma, the other two states with court-based systems, are also moving toward adopting an administrative-based system.
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