Hilda Light v. Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodridge

Case Number
E1999-00256-WC-R3-CV
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant, Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodbridge Mental Health Hospital (hereafter "Frontier"), appeals an award to Hilda Light of sixty percent disability to the body as a whole. The issue is whether the trial court erred in basing an award to the body on an impairment rating for an upper extremity. We modify the award to thirty-six percent to the body as a whole.
Authoring Judge
Peoples, H.N., Sp. J.
Originating Judge
G. Richard Johnson, Chancellor
Case Name
Hilda Light v. Frontier Health, Inc., d/b/a Woodridge
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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