Opinions

State vs. Pittman
03C01-9701-CR-00013
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

Gillihan vs. State
01C01-9706-CC-00235
Trial Court Judge: Henry Denmark Bell

State vs. Gray
01C01-9702-CC-00058

State vs. Gasaway
01C01-9703-CR-00101

03C01-9707-CR-00244
03C01-9707-CR-00244
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

Smith vs. State
03C01-9707-CR-00250
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Shelton vs. State
03C01-9707-CR-00236
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

State vs. Wood
03C01-9709-CR-00427
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

Michael S. Neely vs. State
M1999-1823-CCA-R3-PC
Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.

Barger vs. State
03C01-9705-CR-00192
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

Special Judge Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr.
03S01-9702-CV-00024
Authoring Judge: Special Judge Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Ben K. Wexler, Circuit Judge
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court inaccordance with Tenn. Code Ann. 5-6-225 (e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. In this appeal, the employer, Lear Seating Corporation, contends that the trial court erred in awarding the employee, Janet L. Brooks, workers' compensation benefits based upon the court's finding that she suffered from "reflex sympathetic dystrophy or some psychiatric symptoms." The employer contends further that the trial court erred in determining the period of time in which the employee was eligible to for temporary total disability benefits. Finally, the employer challenges as excessive the trial court's award of permanent partial disability benefits based on a vocational disability rating of 85% to the body as a whole. We affirm the judgment of the trial court in all respects. At the time of the trial, the employee was forty-one (41) years old. She completed high school and attended one year of business college. Her work history includes jobs as a retail cashier and assembly line worker. The employee performed various functions for the employer from the time she began her employment there in November of 1985. When the employee was injured, she was operating a hand press which had overhead control buttons. On February 18, 1994, a 3-pound piece of steel fell off of the press bench and struck her left foot causing a crushing injury. She immediately saw the company nurse who referred her to the emergency room. At the emergency room, the employee was placed in a walking shoe and referred to an orthopedist. The employee was first treated by Dr. William Hovis, an orthopedic surgeon, on February 21, 1994. Dr. Hovis examined her and took x-rays of her left foot. He diagnosed her to have contusion of the left foot. On a return visit on March 14, 1994, in addition to the bruising and swelling, the employee also complained of knee pain which intensified when she sat for a long time. On examination, Dr. Hovis determined that the employee's knee was normal and that the contusion in her foot was resolving. Dr. Hovis opined that the employee would not have any permanent impairment or work restrictions as a result of her injury. Dr. Hovis saw the employee again on April 25, 1996 at the request of the employer for the 2

State vs. Ronnie Michael Cauthern
02S01-9612-CC-00108
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

Shoffner vs. Tuttle
03S01-9610-CH-00105
Trial Court Judge: Billy Ray White

State vs. Ronnie Michael Cauthern
02S01-9612-CC-00108

Attaway vs. State
03C01-9703-CR-00100
Trial Court Judge: E. Eugene Eblen

Barnes vs. State
03C01-9702-CR-00068
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Christian
03C01-9609-CR-00336
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

Lamm vs. State
03C01-9702-CC-00073
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

State vs. Grindstaff
03C01-9704-CR-00139
Trial Court Judge: Lynn W. Brown

Richard Kevin Mccullers v. Colonial Wood Products, Inc.
03S01-9703-CV-00027
Authoring Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr., Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Earl H. Henley, Chancellor

State vs. McCurdy
03C01-9706-CR-00232
Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

State vs. McCurdy
03C01-9706-CR-00232

Sate vs. Dennis O. Dickerson
M1999-00606-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. Haynes
03C01-9602-CC-00075
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

Howard Buchanan v. Tony Parker, Warden
W2004-01386-CCA-R3-HC
Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.