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State vs. Jerry Ray Chandler

M1999-00543-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:Cornelia A. Clark
Hickman County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Bank of Gleason vs. Weakley Farmers

W1999-02161-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:William B. Acree
Weakley County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
William Allen Jones v. Travelers Casualty& Surety

E1999-01548-WC-R3-CV
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant-employee appealed the trial court's ruling that his injury was of a temporary nature and that appellee was only liable for medical expenses to the date of the trial. Appellant argues the only expert medical evidence established his injury was of a permanent nature. Judgment of the trial court is reversed to fix permanent disability at 2% to the body as a whole and case is remanded to enforce other alternative findings.
Authoring Judge: Thayer, Sp. J.
Originating Judge:W. Frank Brown III, Chancellor
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/00
Joe Dyer vs. Bd. of Paroles

M1999-00787-COA-R3-CV
Joe P. Dyer, a prison inmate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a writ of common law certiorari to review denial of parole. The trial court granted the respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment and we affirm the action of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Charles Thurman v. Maytag Cooking Products, Inc.

03S01-9902-CV-00023
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. Review of the findings of fact made by the trial court is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the finding, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. TENN. CODE ANN. _ 5-6-225(e)(2); Stone v. City of McMinnville, 896 S.W.2d 548, 55 (Tenn. 1995). The application of this standard requires this Court to weigh in more depth the factual findings and conclusions of the trial courts in workers' compensation cases. See Corcoran v. Foster Auto GMC, Inc., 746 S.W.2d 452, 456 (Tenn. 1988).
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
McMinn County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/00
State vs. Jason C. Carter, et al

M1998-00798-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Rickey Moorman v. Dept of Correction

M1999-02675-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the calculation of his sentence credits and his release eligibility date. After unsuccessfully petitioning for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment regarding his entitlement to sentence credits as well as a determination that he was entitled to immediate release. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion to dismiss, and the prisoner has appealed. We affirm the trial court's conclusion that the prisoner's petition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. David C. Vazquez

M1999-00211-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Wilson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Rodney Ford

M1999-01078-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Originating Judge:Steve R. Dozier
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Ronald McKinney vs. State, et al

M1999-02428-COA-R3-CV
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. James Carroll

W1999-01741-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Carroll County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Elizabeth Mullins

E1999-01343-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:James B. Scott, Jr.
Anderson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Teddrick Williamson

W1999-00055-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Joseph H. Walker, III
Tipton County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Jeff Utley v. Department of Corrections

M1999-01412-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Department of Correction regarding his punishment for two unrelated disciplinary offenses. On both occasions, the Department extended the prisoner's release eligibility date in accordance with versions of Tenn. Dep't Corr. Policy Index No. 502.02 issued after he committed the crimes for which he was incarcerated. The prisoner filed a complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's application of the later version of the policy to him violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the prisoner's complaint fails to state a colorable ex post facto claim under either the federal or state constitution. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's complaint.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Professional Engineering Services vs. City of Red Boiling Springs, TN

M1999-00342-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:C. K. Smith
Macon County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV

M2000-00378-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Soloman
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Pryor vs. Willoughby

M1999-00668-COA-R3-CV
Richard Dietz, II, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Dietz, et al vs. Charles A. Keith , et al
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:C. K. Smith
Wilson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Donald Malone & Lynn Malone, d/b/a Malone & Son's Wrecker & Repair Service, LLC, vs. Associates Commercial Corporation

E2000-00220-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Originating Judge:John K. Wilson
Greene County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Feldman vs. TN Bd. of Medical Examiners

M1999-00474-COA-R7-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Bullington vs. Hudson

M1999-02772-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Betty Adams Green
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Hilda Light v. Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodridge

E1999-00256-WC-R3-CV
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant, Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodbridge Mental Health Hospital (hereafter "Frontier"), appeals an award to Hilda Light of sixty percent disability to the body as a whole. The issue is whether the trial court erred in basing an award to the body on an impairment rating for an upper extremity. We modify the award to thirty-six percent to the body as a whole.
Authoring Judge: Peoples, H.N., Sp. J.
Originating Judge:G. Richard Johnson, Chancellor
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/26/00
Deborah Ann hansen vs. Ole Hansen

E1999-02666-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Jacqueline E. Schulten
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Corp., et al vs. Metro Gov't of Nashville

M1997-00212-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Colbert vs. White

M1999-00087-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/26/00
Howard vs. Thurman

M1998-00147-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Billy Joe White
Fentress County Court of Appeals 04/26/00