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                         TENNESSEE BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
                           WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD

Terrance Garcia Glenn                                   )     Docket No. 2017-06-0584
                                                        )
v.                                                      )     State File No. 48175-2016
                                                        )
Sears Outlet Stores, LLC, et al.                        )
                                                        )
                                                        )
Appeal from the Court of Workers’                       )
Compensation Claims                                     )
Kenneth M. Switzer, Chief Judge                         )

                                     CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the Appeals Board’s decision in the
referenced case was sent to the following recipients by the following methods of service
on this the 28th day of February, 2019.

 Name                              Certified   First   Via   Fax      Via     Sent to:
                                   Mail        Class   Fax   Number   Email
                                               Mail
 Terrance Garcia Glenn                            X                     X     Monshaye37@gmail.com;
                                                                              1444 Bell Trace Drive
                                                                              Antioch, TN 37013
 Anthony Noel                                                           X     tony.noel@leitnerfirm.com
 Carolina Martin                                                        X     carolina.martin@leitnerfirm.com
 Kenneth M. Switzer, Chief Judge                                        X     Via Electronic Mail
 Penny Shrum, Clerk, Court of                                           X     penny.patterson-shrum@tn.gov
 Workers’ Compensation Claims




Jeanette Baird
Deputy Clerk, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
220 French Landing Dr., Ste. 1-B
Nashville, TN 37243
Telephone: 615-253-0064
Electronic Mail: WCAppeals.Clerk@tn.gov
