Richard Mason v. Atlantic Soft Drink Company, Inc., et al.

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. In this appeal, the employee asserts that the trial court erred in its finding that the employee suffered 55% permanent partial disability to the whole person as the result of a back injury and only an 85% permanent partial disability to the right lower extremity as the result of a knee injury, both injuries occurring in the course of appellant's employment with the Atlantic Soft Drink Company, Inc., a/k/a Pepsi Cola Company. We conclude that the evidence presented supports the findings of the trial judge and, in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-225(e)(2), affirm the judgment of the trial court.