Michele Renee Smith v. Cookeville Regional Medical

The defendant appeals the judgment of the trial court finding that the employee, an ICU nurse: 1) suffered a back injury while caring for a patient that aggravated her pre-existing back condition; 2) gave proper notice of her injury under the circumstances; and 3) sustained a 17% anatomical impairment and 37% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. We hold that the evidence does not preponderate against the trial court's findings. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.