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01C01-9608-CR-00347
01C01-9608-CR-00347
Originating Judge:Ann Lacy Johns |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
Debra Tipton vs. John Harris
02A01-9706-CV-00114
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Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
Ronnie Bradfield vs. Stephanie Cole, et al
02A01-9707-CV-00171
Originating Judge:R. Lee Moore Jr. |
Lake County | Court of Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
Greenback vs. Loudon
03A01-9706-CV-00207
Originating Judge:Russell E. Simmons, Jr. |
Loudon County | Court of Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
State vs. Gabriel Blackman
02C01-9704-CC-00135
Originating Judge:Jon Kerry Blackwood |
McNairy County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
01C01-9512-CR-00414
01C01-9512-CR-00414
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/26/98 | |
State vs. Crain
03C01-9604-CC-00149
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Unicoi County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/25/98 | |
State vs. Alfonzo Chalmers
W2000-00440-CCA-R3-CD
The defendant appeals from his conviction for first degree premeditated murder. He contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and that the trial court erred by impermissibly commenting on the evidence in violation of article VI, section 9 of the Constitution of Tennessee. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:Chris B. Craft |
Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/25/98 | |
State vs. Jones
03C01-9701-CR-00016
Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer |
Hamilton County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/25/98 | |
State vs. Millsaps
03C01-9601-CC-00044
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Monroe County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/25/98 | |
03C01-9608-CR-00309
03C01-9608-CR-00309
Originating Judge:Frank L. Slaughter |
Sullivan County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/25/98 | |
State of Tennessee v. James Henderson Dellinger &Amp; Gary
E1997-00196-CCA-R3-DD
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
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Blount County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Chloe Clark
01C01-9704-CC-00134
Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton |
Maury County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. McConnell
03C01-9604-CC-00148
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Hamblen County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Deborah Dunn
01S01-9707-CH-00160
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with T.C.A. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. This declaratory judgment action likely created an interest that otherwise might not have existed or, perhaps, might not have manifested itself. The employer filed the action alleging that its employee reported that she experienced pain in her neck on August 17, 1995, that she was successfully treated and returned to work on September 12, 1995, that her medical expenses had been paid, and that the plaintiff [employer] should be "discharged from responsibility to defendant [employee]." A counter-claim followed in course, with the employee alleging that her neck injury resulted in temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, permanent impairment and disability, together with the incurrence of medical expenses. The trial court found the issues in favor of the employee and awarded her benefits based upon a twelve and one-half percent disability to her whole body, thus entitling her to a recovery of $2,793.5 to be paid in a lump sum. By separate order the employee was awarded $6. discretionary costs. The propriety of these awards is questioned on appeal. Our 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. T.C.A. _ 5-6-225(e)(2). Stone v. City of McMinnville, 896 S.W.2d 548, 55 (Tenn. 1995). The claimant is 37 years old, with limited marketable skills. She was initially employed in 1991 or 1992, according to her testimony. In 1992 "something happened to my neck" while loading a spool of wire. Two or three
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. J. Richard Mcgregor |
Warren County | Workers Compensation Panel | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Winn
03C01-9702-CR-00081
Originating Judge:James E. Beckner |
Hamblen County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Willliam Trotter .
01C01-9701-CR-00019
Originating Judge:Ann Lacy Johns |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
Chad Swatzell vs. State
01C01-9604-CC-00154
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Williamson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Robert Bitner
02C01-9705-CC-00177
Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley |
Carroll County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
Michael Lee Proffit v. Superior Industries, Inc.
03S01-9701-CH-00008.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The employer has appealed from an adverse judgment, contending the award of permanent partial disability benefits is excessive. The employee contends the appeal is frivolous. As discussed below, the panel has concluded the judgment should be affirmed. The employee or claimant, Proffitt, is 37 years old with a fifth grade education and experience as a mason's helper, a painter, a farm worker and a sawmill operator. He began working for the employer in 1993 as a janitor. On April 25, 1994, he was assisting another worker to empty a heavy trash barrel when he felt a sudden pulling sensation in his back. He continues to have sharp pain in his back and numbness in his back and legs. He no longer works for Superior Industries. Four medical doctors testified at the trial. Dr. Henry J. Williams treated the claimant in the emergency room shortly after the accident and diagnosed lumbar strain. The doctor first assigned no permanent impairment. After further visits, however, he assessed a permanent impairment of one percent to the body as a whole. Dr. Matthew Wood, Jr. examined the claimant and found no permanent impairment. Dr. Fred Killefer agreed with Dr. Wood. Dr. Calvin J. Johnson examined the claimant and found objective evidence of injury in the form of muscle spasm. He diagnosed chronic low back syndrome with facet arthritis and assessed ten percent permanent impairment to the whole body. He restricted the claimant from repetitively bending, stooping, squatting or lifting more than twenty pounds. The trial judge awarded permanent partial disabilitybenefits on the basis of twenty-five percent to the body as a whole. Appellate review is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of correctness of the findings of fact, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(2). Once the causation and permanency of an injury have been 2
Authoring Judge: Joe C. Loser, Jr., Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. G. Richard Johnson, |
Knox County | Workers Compensation Panel | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Leon Woodlee
01C01-9611-CC-00465
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Warren County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Donald Long
02C01-9610-CC-00362
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison |
Henderson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
State vs. Jeffery Casey
02C01-9701-CC-00015
Originating Judge:Julian P. Guinn |
Decatur County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 02/24/98 | |
Joseph D. Lewis v. The Yasuda Fire & Marine Ins. Co., et al.
01S01-9702-CV-00036
Authoring Judge: William S. Russell, Retired Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. |
Lewis County | Workers Compensation Panel | 02/24/98 | |
Ulyes Williams v. City of Knoxville
03S01-9706-CV-00070
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The City of Knoxville contends (1) the claim is barred by the statute of limitations and (2) the trial court erred in not accepting the opinion testimony of the treating physician. The claimant contends the trial court erred in allowing credit for overpaid temporary total disability benefits. The panel has concluded the judgment should be affirmed. The claimant, Williams, has less than an eighth grade education, little or no reading or writing skills and no vocational training. He was 39 years old at the time of the trial. He has worked for the city since about 1988, first as a laborer and later as tractor-mower operator. In 1992, he suffered a compensable back injury, was temporarily disabled and returned to work until September 18, 1995, when he re-injured his back at work. Back surgery was performed on or about November 18, 1995 and he returned to work around March 1, 1996 for a few weeks, quit because of post-surgical problems, then returned again around July 1, 1996. He has since been terminated. This civil action was commenced on March 29, 1996. The defendant filed and served its answer on April 26, 1996, but did not aver therein that the claim was barred by any statute of limitations. That a claim is so barred is an affirmative defense and the facts constituting such defense must be set forth in short and plain terms in a defendant's answer. Tenn. R. Civ. P. 8.3. Moreover, the record fails to establish that the claimant had fair notice of the employer's intention to assert the statute of limitations as a defense. The defense was thus waived. Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.8. Additionally, the panel finds the defense to be without merit. The first issue is resolved in favor of the appellee. As the employer insists, citing Orman v. Williams Sonoma, Inc., 83 S.W.2d 672, 676 (Tenn. 1991), the trial judge must choose which of conflicting expert medical opinions to accept. We are aware of no rule which 2
Authoring Judge: Joe C. Loser, Jr., Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Dale C. Workman |
Knox County | Workers Compensation Panel | 02/24/98 |