Daughters of Charity, d/b/a Saint Thomas Hospital v. Brenda Boyd

This worker's compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Worker's Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _50-6-225(e) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The employer, Saint Thomas Hospital, insists (1) that trial judge erred in failing to dismiss the employee's mental injury claim, (2) the trial judge erred by awarding permanent partial disability benefits to employee based on a 55% vocational disability to the body as a whole, (3) the trial judge erred in awarding discretionary costs to the employee and failing to award discretionary costs to the employer, and (4) the trial court erred in awarding employee medical expenses related to her treatment by medical providers not authorized by the employer.