APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

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Mayes vs. State

03C01-9707-CR-00281

Originating Judge:E. Eugene Eblen
Loudon County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/29/98
Hoffman vs. Hoffman

03A01-9706-CV-00220
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/29/98
McGill vs. Hendrix

01A01-9709-PB-00536
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/29/98
State vs. Harry McLemore

02C01-9711-CC-00436
Lauderdale County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/29/98
Vaughn vs. Vaughn

01A01-9707-CV-00347

Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/29/98
State vs. Anderson

03C01-9703-CC-00093

Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.
Blount County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/29/98
IN RE: Swanay

03A01-9712-PB-00542

Originating Judge:Inman
Court of Appeals 04/29/98
Bickford vs. Bickford

01A01-9711-CH-00645
Rutherford County Court of Appeals 04/29/98
State vs. Fowler

03C01-9709-CC-00391

Originating Judge:J. Curwood Witt
Jefferson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/29/98
Jimmy H. Vaughn, v. Mary Runyon Vaughn

01A01-9707-CV-00347

The trial court found that there had been a change of circumstances and increased Jimmy Hunter Vaughn’s [husband’s] alimony obligation to Mary Runyon Vaughn [wife] from $400.00 per month to $600.00 per month. The court also found that husband should pay $350.00 as reasonable attorney fees to wife’s attorney

Authoring Judge: Senior Judge William H. Inman
Originating Judge:Judge Muriel Robinson
Court of Appeals 04/29/98
State vs. James Crawford

02C01-9712-CR-00471
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/29/98
Swoffard vs. Del Pino-McClarty

03A01-9707-CV-00454
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/98
State vs. McKee

03C01-9603-CR-00092
Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/98
Branum vs. Akins

03A01-9709-CH-00418
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/98
Pritchett vs. Pritchett

03A01-9708-CH-00362
Sullivan County Court of Appeals 04/28/98
Jarrett vs. Starkey

03A01-9706-JV-00223
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/98
State vs. Cattone

03S01-9706-CR-00075

Originating Judge:Mayo L. Mashburn
Supreme Court 04/27/98
Barry Sawyer vs. First TN Bank, et al

02A01-9704-CV-00079

Originating Judge:Joe G. Riley. Jr.
Dyer County Court of Appeals 04/27/98
JoAnn Duckett vs. Fox Fire Apt., et al

02A01-9709-CV-00215

Originating Judge:Whit A. Lafon
Madison County Court of Appeals 04/27/98
Pam Ogren v. Housecall Health Care, Inc.

03S01-9706-CH-00078
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 sustained a 7 percent permanent vocational impairment as a result of an on-the-job injury. The defendant says the evidence preponderates against the award of 7 percent and says the trial judge should have limited the award to 2.5 times the medical impairment rating because the plaintiff failed to return to work when she was afforded a job within her medical limitations. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The undisputed evidence shows the plaintiff was injured on December 16, 1994 as she performed her duties as a certified nursing assistant for the defendant. The plaintiff was assisting a paraplegic patient to dress at the time of the injury. The patient had raised himself on a trapeze bar by his arms and the plaintiff was attempting to dress his lower body. The base of the bar moved onto the plaintiff's left shoe. The plaintiff pushed on the bar to free her foot. The plaintiff heard a "pop" in her left shoulder and began to experience pain in her neck, shoulder, arm, and hand. It appears the plaintiff had some medical care at Athens Community Hospital; however, there is little in the record concerning this treatment. On March 27, 1995, the plaintiff was seen by Joel B. Ragland, a neurosurgeon in Knoxville. Dr. Ragland conducted examination and testing and found the plaintiff had a rather large disc rupture at C5-6 and C6-7. Dr. Ragland concluded surgery was required for the plaintiff's injury and this was done on April 21, 1995. Dr. Ragland did an anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion on the effected vertebrae. Dr. Ragland continued to see the plaintiff until October 1995 at which time he released her and found she had suffered a ten percent medical impairment to the body as a whole. Dr. Ragland was of the opinion the plaintiff could return to work with a ten pound lifting restriction. 2
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Frank V. Williams,
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/98
State vs. Kelani Mayer

W1999-00613-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Originating Judge:Julian P. Guinn
Henry County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/98
State vs. Lavender & Hobbs

01S01-9704-CR-00088
Davidson County Supreme Court 04/27/98
State vs. Byrd

03S01-9705-CR-00057

Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle
Supreme Court 04/27/98
Carroll Edward Mumpower v. City of Erwin, Tennessee

E2000-00698-WC-R3-CV
The issue raised on appeal is whether the filing of a complaint by plaintiff Mumpower within one year after discovering his current medical condition to be causally related to an earlier accident is time-barred and cause for dismissal of this suit. The trial court found equitable estoppel not implicated and the fact that in 1998 plaintiff received additional information that his 1992 injury was worse than originally believed did not serve to extend the operation of the statute of limitations. We affirm the judgment of the court.
Authoring Judge: William H. Inman, Sr. J.
Originating Judge:Jean A. Stanley, Circuit Court Judge
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/98
Earhart vs. City of Bristol

03S01-9709-CH-00116
Supreme Court 04/27/98