Helms vs. Dept. of Safety
01S01-9709-CH-00185
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Jordan vs. Baptist Three Rivers Hospital
01S01-9706-CV-00142

Anderson vs. Moran Foods
02S01-9610-CH-00093

State vs. Pettus
01S01-9709-CC-00202
Trial Court Judge: John H. Gasaway, III

State vs. Charjoray P. Weir
M2000-0459-CCA-R3-PC
Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond
The Defendant appeals as of right from the trial court's order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief upon its finding that the petition was barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case for further proceedings.

State vs. Anthony Brasfield
02C01-9808-CC-00257

State vs. El Paso Pitts
02C01-9803-CR-00091

Hall vs. Hall
01A01-9805-CH-00263

State vs. Parks Bryan
01C01-9711-CC-00521
Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

State vs. Parks Bryan
01C01-9711-CC-00521
Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

Bell vs. TN Farmers Mutual
01A01-9802-CV-00079
Trial Court Judge: Charles D. Haston, Sr.

In Re: Conservatorship of Edward Leo Gray
01A01-9802-CH-00061
Trial Court Judge: Carol A. Catalano

Terrance Burnett v. State of Tennessee
W2006-01063-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

State vs. Calvin Scott
W2002-01324-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: J. C. Mclin
The Appellant, Calvin Scott, was found guilty by a Shelby County jury of aggravated robbery, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, and two counts of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced Scott to an effective sentence of life plus twenty-two years. In this appeal as of right, Scott raises the following issues for our review: (1) whether the State asserted sufficient race-neutral explanations to support its exercise of peremptory challenges against four African-American jurors; and (2) whether the trial court, after concluding that the State's exercise of a peremptory challenge was improper, should have dismissed the entire panel rather than reseating the juror. We conclude that the State's use of its peremptory challenges was proper, and the trial court did not err by reseating the challenged juror. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

State vs. Tracy Mullins
01C01-9803-CR-00115

Gross vs. Schoenbeck
01A01-9803-CV-00140

Colwell vs. Traughber
01A01-9806-CH-00292

State vs. Erik Jackson
01C01-9707-CR-00293

Flightless-N-Bird Farm vs. Dughman
01A01-9803-CV-00126
Trial Court Judge: Robert E. Burch

Hawkins vs. Sundquist
01A01-9803-CH-00164
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Peck vs. Mills et al
01A01-9806-CH-00279
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Williams vs. TDOC
01A01-9801-CH-00010
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Hogan et al vs. Coyne International Enterprises Corp.
01A01-9712-CH-00733

Wilson v. Coppinger Color Lab
03S01-9711-CH-00130
Authoring Judge: Roger E. Thayer, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Earl H. Henley,
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. This appeal has resulted from a finding by the trial court that plaintiff, Constance H. Wilson, sustained a compensable injury while in the employment of her last employer, Telecable. The trial court dismissed the case against the former employer, Coppinger Color Lab, Inc., and held Travelers Insurance Company liable as the insurance carrier for the last employer. The only issue is whether the Last Injurious Injury Rule applies so as to hold the last employer liable for the compensable claim. Plaintiff, age 41 years, began working for Coppinger Color Lab, Inc. during August 1986. She worked eight years before leaving to take a job with Telecable. During her eight year period of employment, she did data entry work with a computer. She estimated that this type of work activity consumed about 85-9% of her time. During the last two years of employment, she started having problems with numbness in both hands. Her condition continued to get worse and she testified the numbness and tingling was almost a daily event. However, she continued to work. Plaintiff went to work for Telecable, her last and present employer, on June 1, 1994 and was employed as a dispatcher which involved computer work to a lesser extent than in her former employment. She stated she did this type of work about 25-5% of the time. The first two weeks of this new job was a training period that required her to watch another employee most of the time. While working she continued to have the same problem with her hands and wrists. During the last part of June 1994 she awoke during the night with severe pain in her left arm between her elbow and wrist which she described as being worse than any pain she had ever encountered before. This scared her and she decided to see a doctor. She continued to work and during her last year of employment, she received a promotion to a job classified as an administrative assistant. Her condition began to improve but the medical evidence is quite clear that she needs to have surgery for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome injury. 2

Braden v. Modine Mfg.
03S01-9702-CV-00019
Authoring Judge: Roger E. Thayer, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. James B. Scott,
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. At the time of the trial below, three claims for benefits were at issue. They were: (1) a claim for a back injury in 1994, (2) a claim for an ankle injury in 1995, and (3) a claim under T.C.A. _ 5-6-241 to reconsider the back injury award of 1994. The trial court made the following awards: (1) 12 _% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole for the 1994 back injury, (2) 1% permanent disability to the left leg, and (3) increased the 12 _% back injury award to 55% to the body as a whole. The employer, Modine Manufacturing Company, Inc., and the insurance carrier, Sentry Insurance Company, have appealed from the rulings of the trial court with respect to the 1% award to the left leg and the 55% award to the body as a whole. Our review of these cases is de novo on the record of the trial court accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the findings of fact unless we find the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. T.C.A. _ 5-6-225(e)(2). The employee, Inez Braden, was 55 years of age at the time of the first trial and had completed the eighth grade. She began working for Modine in 1979 and worked for about 16 _ years before being terminated by her employer as a result of a general lay-off of employees during January 1996. 1994 Injury Plaintiff testified that during March 1994 she sustained an injury to her back when she was leaning over to obtain a piece of equipment. She was off work for awhile; received therapy treatment; and returned to light duty work. She testified she eventually returned to regular "rotation work" which was prohibited by her medical restrictions and this made her back hurt more. Dr. Robert C. Jackson, testified by deposition and stated she suffered from a strain and gave a 5% medical impairment. He also noted there were degenerative disc changes and said this made it easier to sustain a straining type injury. He opined she should only do light duty work on a 2