Vickie Lee Patterson v. Btr Dunlop, Inc., d/b/a Huyck-Formex
03S01-9507-CH-00082
Authoring Judge: Houston M. Goddard, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. DENNIS H. INMAN

Larry H. Mull v. Transport South, Inc.
03S01-9512-CV-00135
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
Trial Court Judge: Hon. L. Marie Williams
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 employee/plaintiff injured his right arm while working as a truck driver for defendant. The trial judge awarded plaintiff 12 percent disability to the right arm. We find that the evidence preponderates against an award of 12 percent and in favor of an award of 2 percent permanent partial disability to the right arm and we affirm the judgment of the trial court as so modified. On February 19, 1993, Plaintiff was trying to pry loose a stuck fuel valve on the employer's fuel truck so that he could fill the truck with jet fuel when his wrist "popped" and started tingling. He went to the emergency room that day for treatment, where he was given a forearm splint. Three days later he saw orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alan Odom, who placed plaintiff on light duty for ten days and told him to 2

03C01-9401-CR-00010
03C01-9401-CR-00010
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

01A01-9511-CV-00529
01A01-9511-CV-00529
Trial Court Judge: William C. Koch

01A01-9512-CV-00576
01A01-9512-CV-00576
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

01A01-9601-CV-00006
01A01-9601-CV-00006
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

01A01-9602-CV-00059
01A01-9602-CV-00059
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

With Regard To The Defense Asserted In The Motion. Byrd v. Hall, 847 S.W.2D 208,
01A01-9604-CV-00144

01A01-9511-CV-00529
01A01-9511-CV-00529
Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.

Honorable Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr., Judge
01A01-9604-CV-00144
Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.

Joyce Jones v. New York Underwriters
03S01-9505-CH-00050
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Richard E. Ladd
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. Plaintiff alleged injury to her back and neck at work. The trial judge awarded her 15 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Plaintiff was working for at Arcata Graphics on March 17, 1992 when her right index finger was caught in a re-press roller. She tried to jerk her finger out of the roller, fearing her whole hand and arm would be caught, and her supervisor pushed her back from the machine while trying to turn the machine off. She was treated in the emergency room and subsequently referred to Dr. James Phillips, orthopedic surgeon. She received anti-inflammatory medication and underwent physical therapy. Two weeks later she began experiencing increasing pain, "moving up her arm and in her shoulder and neck area," and still later she began having severe headaches on the right side of her head. Dr. Gregory Corradino, a neurologist, began treating plaintiff in late 1993 and performed surgery on her cervical spine. When deposed, Dr. Phillips opined that if plaintiff's finger crush injury were accompanied by a jerking maneuver, it could have caused her disc rupture, and that this possible causal connection would be strengthened if surgery resolved her complaints. Dr. Gregory Corradino found that plaintiff had a herniated cervical disc at C4/5 and performed surgical removal of the disc. W hen asked whether the disc herniation had been caused by plaintiff's jerking her finger out of the press at work, he opined that such motion could cause a disc herniation. Dr. John Marshall, physiatrist, evaluated plaintiff for defendant and treated her for nine months. He opined that although the jerking motion could herniate a disc, he did not think that it had done so in this case. Plaintiff testified that she jerked her head and neck hard to remove her finger from the press. She further said that prior to the injury at Arcata Graphics, she had

03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil
03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil
Trial Court Judge: William M. Barker

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

03C01-9508-CC-00218
03C01-9508-CC-00218
Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle

03C01-9510-CC-00312
03C01-9510-CC-00312
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

02C01-9510-CR-00331
02C01-9510-CR-00331
Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

02C01-9510-CC-00306
02C01-9510-CC-00306
Trial Court Judge: Whit A. Lafon

02C01-9506-CC-00173
02C01-9506-CC-00173
Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn

Wil v. Doran, Designated Judge
02C01-9504-CR-00104
Trial Court Judge: Wil V. Doran

02C01-9504-CR-00105
02C01-9504-CR-00105
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

02C01-9401-CR-00011
02C01-9401-CR-00011
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

02C01-9508-CC-00247
02C01-9508-CC-00247

02C01-9508-CC-00230
02C01-9508-CC-00230
Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn

02C01-9605-CC-00181
02C01-9605-CC-00181

02C01-9502-CC-00053
02C01-9502-CC-00053
Trial Court Judge: Joe G. Riley. Jr.