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| 01A01-9508-CH-00381
01A01-9508-CH-00381
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| 01A01-9603-JV-00090
01A01-9603-JV-00090
Originating Judge:Lee A. England |
Lawrence County | Court of Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| Sandra Whitehead v. Express Services, Inc.
02S01-9511-CH-00118
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. In this appeal, the employer, Express Services, contends the trial court's award of permanent partial disability benefits on the basis of eighty percent permanent partial disability to the left arm is excessive. The panel has concluded that the award should be modified to provide permanent partial disability benefits on the basis of fifty percent to the left arm. At the time of the trial, the claimant, Sandra Whitehead, was thirty- five years old and had a GED. She has worked on an assembly line and as a sewing machine operator. She began working for the employer as a temporary employee on June 22, 1994. On July 1, 1994, she accidentally cut her left wrist while opening boxes with a box cutter. She was first referred to Dr. Charles Stewart, who diagnosed a laceration of the left wrist. He sutured the laceration, but later referred her to Dr. Anthony Segal, a neurosurgeon, when she continued to complain. Dr. Segal conducted nerveconduction studies and found mild nerve damage and possible reflex dystrophy. Dr. Segal testified by deposition but assigned no permanent impairment. The claimant went toDr. James Varner, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Varner diagnosed a partial sensory nerve laceration of the median nerve and reflex dystrophy syndrome. He treated her condition with medication, physical therapy and a stellate block, and assessed a permanent anatomical impairment of fifteen percent to the left arm. The doctor advised her to avoid repetitive use of the left arm, but said she could perform jobs that did not require such repetitive use. He said she was not impaired from pronating and supinating her wrist. A physical therapist testified that functional capacity evaluation tests were invalid because the claimant refused to exert maximum effort. The claimant testified that her arm stays cold all the time and that she is unable to perform household chores such as twisting caps from jars and opening doors. The trial court awarded permanent partial disability benefits on the basis of eighty percent to the left arm. Appellate review is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of correctness, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6- 225(e)(2). 2
Authoring Judge: Joe C. Loser, Jr., Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Dewey C. Whitenton |
White County | Workers Compensation Panel | 08/28/96 | |
| 02A01-9503-CV-00036
02A01-9503-CV-00036
Originating Judge:Julian P. Guinn |
Carroll County | Court of Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| 01A01-9603-PB-00092
01A01-9603-PB-00092
Originating Judge:James R. Everett |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| 02C01-9507-CR-00191
02C01-9507-CR-00191
Originating Judge:Carolyn Wade Blackett |
Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| 01A01-9601-BC-00049
01A01-9601-BC-00049
Originating Judge:Ben H. Cantrell |
Court of Appeals | 08/28/96 | ||
| 02C01-9503-CC-00068
02C01-9503-CC-00068
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Hardeman County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| Joe Boatman v. Ww of Memphis, Inc.
02S01-9508-CV-00065
This case is before the Court upon motion for review pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. _ 50-6-225(e)(5)(B), the entire record, including the order of referral to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel, and the Panel's Memorandum Opinion setting forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law, which are incorporated herein by reference;
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
Originating Judge:Hon. James E. Swearengen |
Shelby County | Workers Compensation Panel | 08/28/96 | |
| 03C01-9512-CR-00391
03C01-9512-CR-00391
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Hamilton County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/28/96 | |
| 03C01-9508-CC-00217
03C01-9508-CC-00217
Originating Judge:R. Steven Bebb |
Bradley County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
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McMinn County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 02A01-9508-CV-00168
02A01-9508-CV-00168
Originating Judge:Wyeth Chandler |
Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 03A01-9603-CV-00082
03A01-9603-CV-00082
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Hamilton County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
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Hamilton County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 02A01-9504-CH-00080
02A01-9504-CH-00080
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Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 02A01-9504-CH-00080
02A01-9504-CH-00080
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Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 02A01-9507-CV-00159
02A01-9507-CV-00159
Originating Judge:George H. Brown |
Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 03C01-9511-CR-00350
03C01-9511-CR-00350
Originating Judge:Richard R. Baumgartner |
Knox County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 02A01-9508-CV-00194
02A01-9508-CV-00194
Originating Judge:Jon Kerry Blackwood |
Fayette County | Court of Appeals | 08/27/96 | |
| 03A01-9601-CH-00008
03A01-9601-CH-00008
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Bradley County | Court of Appeals | 08/26/96 | |
| 02A01-9506-CH-00124
02A01-9506-CH-00124
Originating Judge:George R. Ellis |
Crockett County | Court of Appeals | 08/26/96 | |
| 01S01-9507-CV-103
01S01-9507-CV-103
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Supreme Court | 08/26/96 | ||
| 01A01-9502-CH-00037
01A01-9502-CH-00037
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Supreme Court | 08/26/96 | ||
| 03C01-9506-CR-00156
03C01-9506-CR-00156
Originating Judge:Ray L. Jenkins |
Knox County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 08/26/96 |