William Keith Eddlemon v. Tecumseh Products Company
02S01-9811-CH-00108
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. George R. Ellis,
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 plaintiff received a workers' compensation lump sum award and, upon his motion, the trial court awarded post-judgment interest for a period of 32 days. He appeals and argues that he is entitled to post-judgment interest for 99 days, from the date the lump sum award was approved by the trial court until the date he received payment. The defendant contends the plaintiff is not entitled to payment on the award until 31 days after the entry of the judgment - the time period during which a Notice of Appeal could have been filed - and therefore only 32 days of post-judgment interest is due. We find that Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225 entitles the plaintiff to an additional 3 days of post-judgment interest and modify the judgment of the trial court accordingly.1 On June 1, 1998, the plaintiff's workers' compensation claim was heard in the Chancery Court for Gibson County and the trial court made an award of permanent partial disability, which was to be paid in a lump sum. On July 7, 1998, the trial court's judgment was entered. On September 8, 1998, the plaintiff received payment of the judgment from the defendant. In Woodall v. Hamlett, 872 S.W.2d 677 (Tenn. 1996), the Supreme Court held that judgments involving the Workers' Compensation Act are controlled by Tenn. Code Ann. 1The Supreme Court in Woodall v. Hamlett, 872 S.W.2d 677 (Tenn. 1996), held the statute was applicable on this issue.

Gibson Workers Compensation Panel

State vs. George Pilkinton
01C01-9809-CC-00368
Trial Court Judge: Judy G. Callahan

Giles Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Michael A. Braswell
01C01-9807-CC-00304
Trial Court Judge: Henry Denmark Bell

Williamson Court of Criminal Appeals

Cyrus Wilson vs. State
01C01-9811-CR-00448
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Carlos Porto-Saes
02C01-9901-CR-00030
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Marshall Simon
02C01-9902-CC-00069

Hardeman Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Jimmy Matlock
02C01-9902-CC-00079
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

McNairy Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Ricky Aaron
M2002-02288-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz
On October 28, 1999, the defendant, Ricky Grover Aaron, was indicted by the Davidson County Grand Jury for especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated kidnapping. Following a jury trial in June of 2001, the defendant was convicted of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and false imprisonment. The trial court sentenced the defendant to eleven years for especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and eleven months, twenty-nine days for false imprisonment. The sentences were to run concurrently to each other and consecutively to a federal sentence the defendant was serving at the time of trial. The defendant argues eight issues on appeal:(1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss due to unnecessary delay; (2) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's pretrial motion to suppress his alleged admissions to police because the defendant was subjected to custodial interrogation without having been given Miranda warnings; (3) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress a handgun seized by police from his vehicle; (4) whether the evidence in the record is sufficient to support a finding by a rational trier of fact that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and false imprisonment; (5) whether the trial court erred in admitting alleged hearsay testimony related to the alleged victim's mother's response to her daughter's characterization of the defendant as a "pervert"; (6) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence that another person had been convicted of a sexual offense involving the alleged victim in an unrelated case; (7) whether the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial when the prosecutor, in direct violation of the trial court's pretrial ruling, elicited testimony from a police detective that the defendant admitted having child pornography on his computer; and (8) whether the trial court erred in imposing an excessive sentence for the defendant's conviction for especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, and did the court further err in ordering that the sentences in this case be served consecutively to the defendant's federal sentence. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

Anderson vs. Ajax Turner Co .
01A01-9807-CH-00396

Davidson Court of Appeals

Clinard vs. Blackwood
01A01-9801-CV-00029
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Robertson Court of Appeals

Bradley vs. Bradley
01A01-9806-CV-00317
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Sumner Court of Appeals

Catignani vs. Catignani
01A01-9806-CV-00269

Davidson Court of Appeals

Mason vs. Capitol Records, Inc.
01A01-9807-CH-00389
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Davidson Court of Appeals

Allstate Ins. Co. vs. Lavin
01a01-9810-CH-00552
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Davidson Court of Appeals

L.M. Berry & Co. vs. Huddleston
01A01-9809-CH-00487
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Calabro vs. Calabro
01A01-9902-CH-00116
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Foley vs. Foley
01A01-9903-CH-00187
Trial Court Judge: Russell Heldman

Williamson Court of Appeals

Dwayne Gentry vs. State
01C01-9904-CC-00117

Rutherford Court of Criminal Appeals

Daniel Benson Taylor vs. State
01C01-9904-CC-00132
Trial Court Judge: Jerry L. Smith

Hickman Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Derrick Jenkins
01C01-9811-CC-00467
Trial Court Judge: John H. Gasaway, III

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Wanda E. Davis
01C01-9811-CR-00446

Wilson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Joyce Lindsey
02C01-9804-CR-00110
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Fred Smith
02C01-9906-CC-00185
Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals

Anthony K. Eldridge vs. Julia E. Eldridge
03A01-9904-CH-00146

Sullivan Court of Appeals

Anthony K. Eldridge vs. Julia E. Eldridge
03A01-9904-CH-00146

Sullivan Court of Appeals