50-6-117 - Suits by corporation officer against employer.

50-6-117. Suits by corporation officer against employer.

Every employee who is a corporate officer and who elects not to operate under this chapter, in any action to recover damages for personal injury or death by accident brought against an employer who has elected to operate under this chapter, shall proceed as at common law, and the employer in the suit may make use of all common law defenses.

[Acts 1975, ch. 198, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1980, ch. 534, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-919.]