2023 Tennessee Code
Title 50 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE (§§ 50-1-101 — 50-11-106)
Chapter 6 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW (§§ 50-6-101 — 50-6-1016)
Part 2 - CLAIMS AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION (§§ 50-6-201 — 50-6-246)
Section 50-6-209 - Maximum compensation

• (a) In all cases of permanent total disability of an employee covered by this chapter, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the average weekly wages shall be paid, subject to maximum compensation as follows: where there are or are not persons dependent upon each injured employee, the maximum weekly benefit per week.

• (b)
  • (1) In all cases of death of an employee covered by this chapter, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the average weekly wages shall be paid in cases where the deceased employee leaves dependents, subject to the maximum weekly benefit.
  • (2) In all cases of death of an employee covered by this chapter, and where the employee leaves no dependents, as provided in § 50-6-210, then the lump sum amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee.
  • (3) The total amount of compensation payable under this subsection (b) shall not exceed the maximum total benefit exclusive of medical, hospital and funeral benefits.

Acts 1923, ch. 84, § 1; Shan. Supp., §§ 3608a178, 3608a179; Acts 1927, ch. 40, § 1; mod. Code 1932, §§ 6879-6881; Acts 1941, ch. 90, §§ 6, 7; 1947, ch. 139, §§ 7-9; 1949, ch. 277, §§ 4-6; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 6879-6881; Acts 1953, ch. 111, §§ 3-5; 1955, ch. 182, §§ 6-8; 1957, ch. 270, §§ 4-6; 1959, ch. 172, §§ 7-9; 1963, ch. 362, § 1; 1965, ch. 158, § 1; 1967, ch. 313, §§ 1, 2; 1969, ch. 196, §§ 1, 2; 1971, ch. 134, §§ 1, 2; 1973, ch. 379, §§ 7, 8; 1974, ch. 617, §§ 3-5; 1975, ch. 86, §§ 3-5; 1977, ch. 354, §§ 3-5; 1979, ch. 365, §§ 3-5; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 534, § 1; Acts 1980, ch. 607, §§ 6-8; 1980, ch. 650, § 2; 1981, ch. 333, §§ 6-8; 1982, ch. 880, §§ 6-8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 50-1008, 50-1010, 50-1011; Acts 1985, ch. 393, § 12; 1999, ch. 404, § 1.