Eugene Pirtle v. Shoney's

This workers’ compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court found that the employee had sustained a 14% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole for a work related shoulder injury. The employer contends that the trial court erred in accepting the evaluating physician’s higher impairment rating over that of the treating physician who gave the employee a 6% permanent partial impairment rating. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.