Lawson vs. State
03C01-9608-CR-00286
Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

Dempsey vs. International
03A01-9709-CV-00436

Helm vs. Hayes
03A01-9710-PB-00497

Oates vs. Glenstone
03A01-9712-CV-00545

King vs. State
03C01-9705-CC-00179
Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle

Ward vs. State
03C01-9705-CC-00193
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Wakefield vs. Crawley
03A01-9707-CH-00290

William Hobson vs. State
01C01-9710-CR-00497
Trial Court Judge: David H. Welles

Blye vs. State
03C01-9612-CR-00469

Britt vs. State
03C01-9708-CC-00349
Trial Court Judge: Buddy D. Perry

Parker vs. State
03C01-9706-CR-00214
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins

State vs. Bolden
03C01-9706-CR-00230
Trial Court Judge: E. Eugene Eblen

State vs. Thomas Dee Huskey
03S01-9610-CR-00096

Bettye/Louis Schopfer vs. Kroger
02A01-9707-CV-00138
Trial Court Judge: Karen R. Williams

State vs. James Messick
01C01-9702-CC-00065

State vs. Ted Brannan
01C01-9704-CC-00148

Robert Bellafant vs. State
01C01-9705-CC-00183

Edwin B. Raskin Co. vs. Johnson
01A01-9708-CH-00392
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Special Judge Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr.
02S01-9707-CV-00069
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. C. Creed Mcginley,
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. The trial judge found the plaintiff had suffered a 5 percent impairment to each of her arms as a result of carpal tunnel syndrome which arose out of her employment with United Postal Service ("UPS"). We find the evidence in this case preponderates against an award of 5 percent to each arm and find the evidence preponderates in favor of an award of 25 percent to each arm. At the time of the trial of this case, the plaintiff was 45 years of age. She has a twelfth grade education and had worked for UPS for 18 years as a truck driver. The plaintiff's work history included operating an antique store and working as a sales clerk, a loan officer for a bank, and an executive secretary. The only issue before us is whether the trial court's award of 5 percent to each arm is supported by the evidence. The evidence concerning the extent of the plaintiff's disability is supplied by the plaintiff's testimony; by the medical report and records of Dr. Lowell Stonecipher, an orthopedic surgeon and the treating physician who was furnished by the defendant; by the report of Dr. Robert J. Barnett, an orthopedic surgeon, who evaluated the plaintiff at her request; and by the report of Dr. Ronald C. Bingham, who conducted nerve conduction tests on the plaintiff at the request of Dr. Stonecipher -- these tests showed mild residual median neuropathy. The plaintiff began to experience difficulty with her arms and hands in June 1996. Dr. Stonecipher diagnosed the condition as carpal tunnel syndrome and did surgery to relieve the condition in her left arm on February 21, 1996. On April 2, 1996, Dr. Stonecipher did surgery on the plaintiff's right arm. The plaintiff returned to work in June 1996 doing the same work she had done prior to having surgery. The plaintiff testified the work caused her hands and 2

State vs. Eric Henderson/James Hill
02C01-9708-CR-00302
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

Randall Fleming vs. Jacqueline Yi
02A01-9706-CV-00129
Trial Court Judge: Whit A. Lafon

Don/Phil Gordon vs. Georgetown Univ
02A01-9709-CH-00218
Trial Court Judge: William Michael Maloan

Jonus Cole vs. State
01C01-9509-CC-00294
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

State vs. Jamil Butler
01C01-9612-CR-00529

State vs. Jarrod Adreon
01C01-9609-CC-00391