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| Price vs. TN. Civil Service Comm. | Price vs. TN. Civil Service Comm.
01A01-9508-CH-00336
Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr. |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 04/25/97 | |
| Brunswick Marine v. Kenneth W. Miller | Brunswick Marine v. Kenneth W. Miller
01S01-9605-CV-00099
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. |
Rutherford County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/25/97 | |
| Agatha Lawrence v. Findlay Industries | Agatha Lawrence v. Findlay Industries
01S01-9605-GS-00086
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. I The plaintiff alleged that she suffered a series of injuries in April, June and August 1992 which aggravated an undescribed condition, and as of January 13, 1993 suffers from bilateral hand pain and numbness with cervical radiculopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome with specific thumb involvement. This case was filed in the General Sessions Court of Warren County, and was, by agreement, heard by the Clerk and Master, "acting as Judge of the General Sessions Court," on October 4, 1995. The trial court found that the plaintiff had a 4 percent permanent partial disability to her left arm, and a 24 percent permanent partial disability to her whole body as a result of a cervical injury. The employer appeals, (1) questioning the finding of a cervical injury, and (2) whether the award of benefits is excessive. II The plaintiff testified that she was, at trial date, "a young 65," who entered the labor market at age 15 or 16 as a sewing machine operator, where she remained 25 years. She obtained another job in the textile industry which required repetitive hand movements, following which she became an entrepreneur, operating a small grocery for three years. She testified that the grocery business also required repetitive movements. After her entreprenurial stint was over, she obtained a job as a school bus driver for ten years, followed by a series of three jobs in the textile industry, the final of which was with the defendant which, we infer, was of short duration. While employed by Easyware (the second of these employers after her bus- driver job) she had a successful carpal tunnel release performed on her right hand. 2
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. J. Richard Mcgregor, |
Lawrence County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/25/97 | |
| Mary W. Scott v. Kenny Pipe & Supply, Inc., et al. | Mary W. Scott v. Kenny Pipe & Supply, Inc., et al.
01S01-9607-CV-00140
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 of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The only issue raised in this appeal is whether the evidence supports the trial court's award of permanent partial disability. We conclude that it does and affirm the decision. The plaintiff, Mary W. Scott, a then fifty-six-year-old clerical worker, injured herself in September 1992 when she fell because the back of her secretarial chair came off. She came under the care of Dr. Greg Lanford, a neurosurgeon. He hospitalized her for a few days and then treated her conservatively. She returned to work for several months and then left her job, but there is no explanation in the record as to the cause of her termination. Dr. Lanford had treated the plaintiff before for the same condition. In fact, he operated on her back in October 1991 to attempt to repair degenerative changes in discs C3 through C7. Following that surgery, the plaintiff returned to work. The employer's argument is straightforward. The plaintiff's condition was no worse after the fall than it was before the fall. Dr. Lanford found the plaintiff to be in about the same condition after the fall as she was before the fall. When asked to compare the plaintiff's condition on July 3, 1992 - the last time he saw her before her work injury - to her condition on August 3, 1993 - the last time he saw her after the work injury - the doctor responded: "I really don't see a lot of difference in the two visits." Dr. Lanford concluded that she had a 14% impairment before the fall and a 14% impairment after the fall. -2-
Authoring Judge: Robert S. Brandt, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Marietta M. Shipley, |
Scott County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/25/97 | |
| State vs. Callahan | State vs. Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203
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Sullivan County | Court of Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| William Tollett vs. State | William Tollett vs. State
01C01-9605-CR-00180
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| William Newton vs. James Cox | William Newton vs. James Cox
02A01-9604-CH-00086
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Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Carolyn Marie Drake v. David Carl Drake | Carolyn Marie Drake v. David Carl Drake
03A01-9610-CV-00312
Petitioner and Respondent are sister and brother, and the Trial Court issued an order of protection in response2 to the petition filed, following an abbreviated trial. On appeal, respondent insists the Trial Court did not have jurisdiction pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated _36-3-61, et seq., or that the Court refused to permit respondent to present his evidence.
Authoring Judge: HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, J.
Originating Judge:HON. ROBERT M. SUMMITT |
Hamilton County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/24/97 | |
| State of Tennessee v. Nathan Allen Callahan | State of Tennessee v. Nathan Allen Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203
This is an appeal as of right pursuant to Rule 3, Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Defendant, Nathan Allen Callahan, was convicted by a Sullivan County jury of one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder, respectively, for the shooting deaths of his mother and younger sister. The jury set punishment for the first-degree murder conviction at life imprisonment and fined the Defendant $47,. for the count of second- degree murder. The trial court ordered twenty-two years imprisonment on the conviction for second-degree murder to be served concurrently with the life sentence.
Authoring Judge: David H. Welles, Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. R. Jerry Beck |
Sullivan County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/24/97 | |
| Joseph Veres vs. State | Joseph Veres vs. State
01C01-9602-CC-00070
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Putnam County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| State vs. Skidmore | State vs. Skidmore
03C01-9502-CR-00039
Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr. |
Blount County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| 01C01-9612-CC-00521
01C01-9612-CC-00521
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Grundy County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | ||
| State vs. Bobby Nash | State vs. Bobby Nash
01C01-9409-CR-00330
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
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Court of Appeals | 04/24/97 | |||
| State vs. Jeffery Rigney and Herman Hale | State vs. Jeffery Rigney and Herman Hale
01C01-9605-CC-00212
Originating Judge:Gerald L. Ewell, Sr. |
Coffee County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Jackie Childs vs. State | Jackie Childs vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00164
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Steve Bryant vs. State | Steve Bryant vs. State
01C01-9605-CR-00190
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Kenny Covington vs. State | Kenny Covington vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00149
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| State vs. William Posey | State vs. William Posey
01C01-9605-CR-00214
Originating Judge:Thomas H. Shriver |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Roosevelt Smith vs. State | Roosevelt Smith vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00135
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Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| State vs. Callahan | State vs. Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203
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Sullivan County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 04/24/97 | |
| Janet Wolf & Gerald Bowker vs. Ned Ray McWherter | Janet Wolf & Gerald Bowker vs. Ned Ray McWherter
01A01-9505-CV-00209
Originating Judge:Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr. |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 04/23/97 | |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield vs. City of Lawrenceburg | Blue Cross Blue Shield vs. City of Lawrenceburg
01A01-9611-CV-00526
Originating Judge:William B. Cain |
Lawrence County | Court of Appeals | 04/23/97 | |
| United Brake Systems vs. American Environmental Protection | United Brake Systems vs. American Environmental Protection
01A01-9610-CH-00448
Originating Judge:Robert S. Brandt |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 04/23/97 | |
| Blanken v. Philips | Blanken v. Philips
03S01-9607-CV-00081
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 injured her left arm at work on February 28, 1992. W hen surgery did not improve the condition or decrease her pain she became markedly depressed. The trial court found that plaintiff's depression was related to her arm injury and awarded her 1 percent permanent total disability based on the two conditions. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Plaintiff injured her left arm gradually at work in February, March and April of 1992. She was left hand dominant and her work required that she use a staple gun repetitively. Dr. Joseph C. DeFiore, Jr., orthopedic surgeon, treated her left elbow and shoulder from April 13, 1992 through January 24, 1994. When Dr. DeFiore first saw plaintiff, he found tenderness over the left lateral epicondyle area and in her left shoulder, with no specific abnormalities on x- ray. He diagnosed tendinitis of the left shoulder and lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow. Plaintiff also reported being extremely depressed, primarily because of the elbow problem. A work-related low back injury contributed to her depression, but we do not consider that injury, which was non-suited at trial. Dr. DeFiore advised plaintiff to avoid use of a staple gun at work, which he thought was causing some of her irritation, gave her a TENS unit for pain control and prescribed exercises. Plaintiff returned to work with the limitation that she do only nonrepetitive, non-overuse work with the left upper extremity. The work she was assigned, though much less harmful according to Dr. DeFiore, still required her to constantly reach with her left hand and arm in order to spray television cabinets with an air pressure gun. Plaintiff continued to have pain in the elbow and therefore had cortisone injections on three occasions, with no improvement. Bone scan found arthritis in the shoulder joint. Plaintiff was deposed by defendant on October 19, 1992, and it was apparently here that both parties' counsel learned from plaintiff about antidepressant medications given to her by her family physician on a continuing basis since her first 2
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
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Knox County | Workers Compensation Panel | 04/23/97 |