On August 1, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board will hear in-person arguments in three cases at the Supreme Court Building in Nashville. All three are interlocutory orders granting benefits.

First up is Chad Graves v. Southall Adventures, where both parties have appealed. Southall takes issue with a trial court order where medical causation was disputed, while Graves contests the decision to decline to designate an unauthorized doctor as the treating physician.

Second, in Brittney Russell v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., Werner appealed an order involving an assault while working, resulting in physical and mental injuries. Russell was delivering freight and had a confrontation with the manager of a retail store, followed by a shopper inserting herself into the argument. The shopper’s husband assaulted the employee. Does this relate to work?

Third, and finally, is David Rainey v. US Express, where US Express appealed an order challenging the rulings on whether a specific incident at work occurred as Rainey described and medical causation.

The arguments begin at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. The docket is here.