Virginia N. Templeton v. The Aerostructures Corporation
01S01-9804-CH-00067
Authoring Judge: Per Curiam
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Carol L. Mccoy

Dianna M. Hughes v. National Healthcare, Inc.
01S01-9806-CH-00112
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Senior Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. William B. Cain

This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The plaintiff alleged that during the course of her employment, on February 10, 1994, she injured her back while assisting a patient to move from a bed to a wheelchair and that she is entitled to benefits for permanent disability. The defendant admitted the occurrence of the injury as alleged, agreed that the plaintiff was entitled to benefits for temporary total disability together with medical expenses, but denied the allegations of permanent impairment or disability.

The complaint was dismissed “as it related to any request or demand for permanent partial disability, past temporary total disability, and past medical expenses.” The plaintiff appeals and presents for review the propriety of the finding that she failed to carry the burden of proving her allegation of permanent partial disability. Our review of the findings of fact made by the trial court is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the finding, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(2); Stone v. City of McMinnville, 896 S.W.2d 548, 550 (Tenn. 1995).

State vs. Stephen Freeman
03C01-9712-CC-00523
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

State of Tennessee v. Stephen Mullican
M2000-207-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Charles D. Haston, Sr.

State vs. Bradley D. Davis
01C01-9804-CC-00189
Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.

State vs. Nathan McKissack
01C01-9804-CC-00190
Trial Court Judge: Henry Denmark Bell

State vs. Grady Gatlin
01C01-9807-CC-00287

Davis vs. Davis
03A01-9708-CH-00381

State vs. Shelly Bragg, Kenneth Story and Craig Story
01C01-9805-CC-00236

State vs. Laura Hudson
01C01-9508-CC-00270
Trial Court Judge: J. S. Daniel

01C01-9708-CC-00334
01C01-9708-CC-00334

State vs. Charles Hamlin
01C01-9604-CC-00174

Anderson vs. Anderson
01A01-9802-CH-00082
Trial Court Judge: Carol A. Catalano

Stafford vs. Stafford
01A01-9804-CV-00174
Trial Court Judge: Charles D. Haston, Sr.

Nations Bank N.A. South, v. Millington Homes Investors, LTD.
02A01-9805-CH-00134
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge William H. Inman
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor D. J. D'Allisandratos

This is an action to collect 21 promissory notes executed by the defendant in 1985, 1986, and 1987, payable to USA Fairfield Realty Fund, LTD. and assigned to Citizens Federal Bank, N.A., on order, on December 20, 1991, without recourse. Appendix A is a diagrammatic explanation of the commercial lineage of the defendant.

State vs. John Slate
03C01-9804-CC-00147
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

David Thurman vs. State
03C01-9809-CR-00312

Donald R. West vs. State
03C01-9812-CC-00437

David Cox vs. State
03C01-9712-CC-00532
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

State vs. Brandon Patrick
03C01-9712-CC-00548
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Freeman v. American Motorist
03S01-9803-CH-00023
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Senior Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Billy Joe White,
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordancewith Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. George Edward Freeman (employee), sustained an injury to his left eye while grinding metal at work, when a piece of metal penetrated his safety glasses and lodged in his cornea. The trial court awarded 7 percent permanent partial disability to the left eye, which the employer appeals as excessive. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Employee had worked for Vinylex Corporation (employer), as a machine technician and maintenance fabricator for eleven years when he was involved in the above-described industrial accident on February 18, 1995. He was taken to an emergency room, where examination by Dr. Leslie Cunningham revealed a central corneal laceration, with inflammation, and a triangular metallic foreign body in his left eye. Dr. Cunningham surgically removed the foreign body, cleansed the wound and patched Mr. Freeman's eye. She advised the employee to leave the patch on the eye and to remain off work for six weeks. Mr. Freeman testified that he went back to work three days later owing to family financial responsibilities requiring him to earn his full salary. Dr. Cunningham assessed three to five percent permanent partial impairment to the left eye, but opined that if the employee works in bright sunlight or under bright lights or drives at night, then his medical impairment to the left eye would be 16 to 18%, and that he retains a permanent corneal scar. 2

Blankenship v. Mars
03S01-9709-CH-00105
Authoring Judge: Roger E. Thayer, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Earl H. Henley, Chancellor

Russell vs. Mid-South Insurance et al
01A01-9803-CV-00135
Trial Court Judge: Patricia J. Cottrell

Turner vs. TN Board of Paroles
01A01-9803-CH-00144
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Oakley (Wilson) vs. Wilson
01A01-9802-CV-00100
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson