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State vs. Jerry Lee Craigmire 03C01-9710-CR-00440 Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner	Knox	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/20/99
State vs. James Darrell Horn 03C01-9712-CR-00537 Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck	Sullivan	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/20/99
State vs. Charles Hames 03C01-9806-CC-00207 Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb	Bradley	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/20/99
Parker vs. Conwood Co. 01A01-9807-CV-00386 Trial Court Judge: James E. Walton	Montgomery	Court of Appeals	07/20/99
Floyd vs. Club Systems of TN 01A01-9807-CV-00399 Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/20/99
Morris, et al vs. State 01A01-9809-BC-00468 Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/20/99
Carr vs. Moore 01A01-9807-CH-00402 Trial Court Judge: Patricia J. Cottrell	Sumner	Court of Appeals	07/20/99
Bowden Corp. vs. Tn Real Estate 02A01-9807-CH-00175 Trial Court Judge: Floyd Peete, Jr.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	07/20/99
State vs. William Lee 02C01-9807-CC-00208 Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.	Lake	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/20/99
State vs. Charles Woodruff 02C01-9809-CC-00265	Gibson	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/20/99
William Jerry Johnson v. Cna Insurance Company 02S01-9807-CH-00066 Authoring Judge: F. Lloyd Tatum, Special Judge Trial Court Judge: Hon. Joe C. Morris, Judge This workers' compensation appeal was referred to the Special W orkers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. _5-6- 225(e)(3) (Supp. 1998) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. This is an appeal by CNA Insurance Company, the workers' compensation insurance carrier forTJ & L Construction Company, from a judgment of the Chancery Court of Chester County finding that plaintiff was entitled to workers' compensation benefits on the basis of total and permanent disability to the body as a whole. It was stipulated that the plaintiff, William Jerry Johnson, was injured on February 14, 1994, during the course of his employment for TJ & L Construction Company. While lifting tires, he injured his back. In the only issue presented, the insurance carrier states that the evidence preponderates against the trial court's finding of total and permanent disability, since jobs are available to the employee within his vocational skill level and physical limitations. The plaintiff and his wife testified in open court. The plaintiff stated he was born June 1, 1945, and had an eighth grade education, having quit school before completing the ninth grade. The plaintiff testified that he obtained a G.E.D. in 1995 or 1996.1 Except for four years service in the Navy as a cook, the plaintiff had several jobs, all of which involved the operation of heavy equipment and manual labor. The plaintiff testified that since the accident, he has had severe back pain and is never completely free of pain in his lower back and right hip. He testified that he obtained nerve blocks from his doctor, which made the pain bearable for about two months. The plaintiff testified that he has pain when he bends, does much lifting, or sits for more than thirty to forty minutes. When driving an automobile, he has to stop and walk around because of the pain. He cannot stand in one place for very long or walk very far without stopping and resting. He testified that he cannot bend, run, or jump without pain. He stated that he can no longer bowl, dance, ride horses, or have sex with his wife. He cannot 1Educational functional testing done by Dr. William M. Jenkins on February 13, 1996, revealed that the plaintiff functioned at a tenth grade level in reading, fourth grade level in spelling, and seventh grade level in arithmetic. 2	Johnson	Workers Compensation Panel	07/19/99
McIlvain vs. Russell Stover Candies 01S01-9709-CH-00208		Supreme Court	07/19/99
State vs. Tommy Edward Smith 01C01-9804-CR-00183 Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
State vs. Donnie Dean Rolin 01C01-9804-CR-00160	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
State vs. Timothy Acklin 01C01-9801-CC-00026	Montgomery	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
Antonio L. Sweatt vs. State 01C01-9811-CR-00454	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
Ramsey vs. Town of Oliver Springs 03S01-9807-CH-00073		Supreme Court	07/19/99
State vs. Quincy Love 02C01-9809-CR-00282	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
State vs. Frederick Allen 02C01-9810-CC-00330	Obion	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/19/99
Ralph Dean Purkey vs. State 03C01-9808-CC-00268 Trial Court Judge: Thomas W. Graham	Bledsoe	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/16/99
Lawson vs. Nashville City Center 01A01-9804-CV-00189 Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/16/99
Ward vs. Campbell 01A01-9807-CH-00350 Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/16/99
Wellington vs. Ledford 01A01-9807-CH-00363 Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/16/99
Harper vs. Elliott 01A01-9809-CV-00503 Trial Court Judge: Marietta M. Shipley	Davidson	Court of Appeals	07/16/99
Dixon vs. Lawrenceburg Beer Board 01A01-9809-CH-00484 Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton	Lawrence	Court of Appeals	07/16/99