Opinions

State of Tennessee v. John V. Woodruff
01C01-9507-CR-00217
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry L. Smith
Trial Court Judge: Presiding Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

A Davidson County Criminal Court jury found Appellant John V. Woodruff guilty of felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, and first degree murder. Appellant received a life sentence for each murder conviction and a twenty year sentence for both the especially aggravated robbery conviction and the especially aggravated kidnapping conviction. The life sentences were ordered to run consecutive to each other, and the sentences for robbery and kidnapping were ordered to run concurrent with each other and with the life sentence for first degree murder. In this appeal as of right, Appellant presents the following issues for review:(1) whether the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of evidence of sexual assault upon one of the victims; (2) whether the trial court erred in denying a request for a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of criminal attempt to commit especially aggravated robbery; (3) whether the evidence presented at trial is legally sufficient to sustain convictions for especially aggravated robbery and first degree murder; and (4) whether the trial court erred in ordering consecutive life sentences.

Vickie Lee Patterson v. Btr Dunlop, Inc., d/b/a Huyck-Formex
03S01-9507-CH-00082
Authoring Judge: Houston M. Goddard, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. DENNIS H. INMAN

Larry H. Mull v. Transport South, Inc.
03S01-9512-CV-00135
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
Trial Court Judge: Hon. L. Marie Williams
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 employee/plaintiff injured his right arm while working as a truck driver for defendant. The trial judge awarded plaintiff 12 percent disability to the right arm. We find that the evidence preponderates against an award of 12 percent and in favor of an award of 2 percent permanent partial disability to the right arm and we affirm the judgment of the trial court as so modified. On February 19, 1993, Plaintiff was trying to pry loose a stuck fuel valve on the employer's fuel truck so that he could fill the truck with jet fuel when his wrist "popped" and started tingling. He went to the emergency room that day for treatment, where he was given a forearm splint. Three days later he saw orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alan Odom, who placed plaintiff on light duty for ten days and told him to 2

03C01-9401-CR-00010
03C01-9401-CR-00010
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

01A01-9511-CV-00529
01A01-9511-CV-00529
Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.

Honorable Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr., Judge
01A01-9604-CV-00144
Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.

01A01-9512-CV-00576
01A01-9512-CV-00576
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

01A01-9601-CV-00006
01A01-9601-CV-00006
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

01A01-9511-CV-00529
01A01-9511-CV-00529
Trial Court Judge: William C. Koch

01A01-9602-CV-00059
01A01-9602-CV-00059
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

With Regard To The Defense Asserted In The Motion. Byrd v. Hall, 847 S.W.2D 208,
01A01-9604-CV-00144

Joyce Jones v. New York Underwriters
03S01-9505-CH-00050
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Richard E. Ladd
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. Plaintiff alleged injury to her back and neck at work. The trial judge awarded her 15 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Plaintiff was working for at Arcata Graphics on March 17, 1992 when her right index finger was caught in a re-press roller. She tried to jerk her finger out of the roller, fearing her whole hand and arm would be caught, and her supervisor pushed her back from the machine while trying to turn the machine off. She was treated in the emergency room and subsequently referred to Dr. James Phillips, orthopedic surgeon. She received anti-inflammatory medication and underwent physical therapy. Two weeks later she began experiencing increasing pain, "moving up her arm and in her shoulder and neck area," and still later she began having severe headaches on the right side of her head. Dr. Gregory Corradino, a neurologist, began treating plaintiff in late 1993 and performed surgery on her cervical spine. When deposed, Dr. Phillips opined that if plaintiff's finger crush injury were accompanied by a jerking maneuver, it could have caused her disc rupture, and that this possible causal connection would be strengthened if surgery resolved her complaints. Dr. Gregory Corradino found that plaintiff had a herniated cervical disc at C4/5 and performed surgical removal of the disc. W hen asked whether the disc herniation had been caused by plaintiff's jerking her finger out of the press at work, he opined that such motion could cause a disc herniation. Dr. John Marshall, physiatrist, evaluated plaintiff for defendant and treated her for nine months. He opined that although the jerking motion could herniate a disc, he did not think that it had done so in this case. Plaintiff testified that she jerked her head and neck hard to remove her finger from the press. She further said that prior to the injury at Arcata Graphics, she had

03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil
03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil
Trial Court Judge: William M. Barker

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X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

03C01-9510-CC-00312
03C01-9510-CC-00312
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

03C01-9508-CC-00218
03C01-9508-CC-00218
Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle

O2C01-9506-CC-00165
O2C01-9506-CC-00165
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

02C01-9509-CC-00269
02C01-9509-CC-00269
Trial Court Judge: William M. Barker

James v. Ball
02C01-9509-CR-00264

02C01-9501-CC-00002
02C01-9501-CC-00002
Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley

02C01-9504-CR-00100
02C01-9504-CR-00100

02C01-9508-CC-00247
02C01-9508-CC-00247

02C01-9508-CC-00230
02C01-9508-CC-00230
Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn

02C01-9509-CC-00258
02C01-9509-CC-00258
Trial Court Judge: William M. Barker

02C01-9401-CR-00011
02C01-9401-CR-00011
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman