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                      TENNESSEE BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
                        WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD

Carolyn Beecher                                           )   Docket No. 2016-08-0279
                                                          )
v.                                                        )   State File No. 97742-2015
                                                          )
McKesson Corporation, et al.                              )


                                      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 21st day of July, 2017.
 Name                     Certified   First Class   Via   Fax      Via     Email Address
                          Mail        Mail          Fax   Number   Email

 Carolyn Beecher                                                      X    carolynbeecher1@yahoo.com
 Thomas P. Cassidy, Jr.                                               X    tom.cassidy@mgclaw.com
 Amber E. Luttrell,                                                   X    Via Electronic Mail
 Judge
 Kenneth M. Switzer,                                                  X    Via Electronic Mail
 Chief Judge
 Penny Shrum, Clerk,                                                  X    Penny.Patterson-Shrum@tn.gov
 Court of Workers’
 Compensation Claims




Jeanette
J eanette Baird
Deputy
D    t Clerk,
        Cl k Workers’
              W k ’C   Compensation
                                 t  Appeals Board
220 French Landing Dr., Ste. 1-B
Nashville, TN 37243
Telephone: 615-253-0064
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