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| State vs. Gary Vaughn, et al
01C01-9709-CR-00415
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Putnam County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Audrey Downs
02C01-9710-CR-00390
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Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| William A. Ransom vs. State
01C01-9708-CC-00328
Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr. |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| Coker vs. State Claims Comm
01A01-9806-BC-00318
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Court of Appeals | 10/23/98 | ||
| State vs. Joseph Martin Thurman
01C01-9706-CC-00231
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Marion County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Kenneth Nesbitt
02C01-9801-CC-00029
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Carroll County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Keith Guy
02C01-9712-CC-00478
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison |
Madison County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| 01C01-9802-CC-00055
01C01-9802-CC-00055
Originating Judge:Donald P. Harris |
Williamson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Darren Parsons
02C01-9801-CC-00030
Originating Judge:Julian P. Guinn |
Henry County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Michell Leiderman
01C01-9703-CC-00088
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Marion County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| Hobbs vs. Hobbs
01A01-9801-CV-00015
Originating Judge:J. Curtis Smith |
Sequatchie County | Court of Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Tavarus Williams
02C01-9711-CR-00423
Originating Judge:Chris B. Craft |
Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| Jerome Williams vs. State
01C01-9709-CR-00441
Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr. |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| Danny Meeks vs. State
01C01-9709-CC-00387
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Grundy County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| Ledford vs. Ledford
01A01-9701-CH-00029
Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton |
Lawrence County | Court of Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| State vs. Looper
M1999-00662-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Robert M. Summitt |
Putnam County | Court of Appeals | 10/23/98 | |
| G. Winston Gragg vs. Nellie Gragg
02A01-9804-CV-00108
Originating Judge:Kay S. Robilio |
Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 10/22/98 | |
| Roger Brown vs. City of Memphis
02A01-9803-CV-00069
Originating Judge:Robert A. Lanier |
Shelby County | Court of Appeals | 10/22/98 | |
| The Sherwin Williams Company, v. Ruth E. Johnson, Commissioner of Revenue, State of Tennessee
01A01-9711-CH-00651
Plaintiff Sherwin-Williams Company, filed suit pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 67-1-1802 seeking a refund of corporate excise taxes with respect to tax years 1987, 1989, and 1990. The appeal presents three questions, to wit:
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr. |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 10/21/98 | |
| State vs. Lisa Murphy
01C01-9708-CR-00355
Originating Judge:J. O. Bond |
Wilson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/21/98 | |
| Lynn vs. Blue
01A01-9712-CH-00704
Originating Judge:Allen W. Wallace |
Humphreys County | Court of Appeals | 10/21/98 | |
| Cherre Howard v. Granite State Ins. Co.
01S01-9708-CH-00179
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The employer's insurer, Granite State Insurance Company, contends the chancellor erred in awarding permanent partial benefits based on sixty-five percent to the body as a whole. As discussed below, the panel has concluded the judgment should be affirmed. Our review is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of correctness of the findings of fact, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(2). The extent of an injured worker's vocational disability is an issue of fact. Jaske v. Murray Ohio Mfg. Co., Inc., 75 S.W.2d 15 (Tenn. 1988). The employee or claimant, Cherre Howard, is sixty-four years old and has a high school education and experience in collections and clerical work. For the sixteen years preceding her injury, she worked as a collector for Professional Adjustment Service. On February 29, 1996, she fell down a flight of stairs while leaving work, dislocating her left shoulder. She later reported to the emergency room at Southern Hills Hospital, where a physician fractured both bones in her forearm, while unsuccessfully attempting to manipulate her shoulder into its socket. She subsequently saw another doctor at the same hospital, who twice performed open surgery to cure the injuries. The claimant returned to the operating doctor for follow-up care and he ultimately released her with an estimated eight percent permanent whole body impairment rating. However, the doctor concedes the claimant's condition worsened after he last saw her. When her condition worsened, she was referred to Dr. Allen Anderson, who assigned a permanent whole person impairment rating of nineteen percent and who restricted her from lifting more than ten pounds, from lifting any weight frequently and from pushing, pulling or climbing. The doctor diagnosed arthrofibrosis and a torn rotator cuff, which could not be repaired because of lack of bone. He testified the claimant could not use her injured arm. The chancellor, giving greater weight to Dr. Anderson's opinion, first awarded disability benefits based on seventy percent to the body as a whole, then reduced the award to one based on sixty-five percent to the body as a whole. The claimant has returned to work, but earns less than before the accident. The employer's insurer insists the chancellor erred in accepting the opinion of Dr. Anderson, who saw the claimant only once, instead of the opinion of the operating surgeon and because the claimant has been reasonably successful in her return to work. The employee insists the testimony of the operating surgeon can be discounted because her condition admittedly worsened 2
Authoring Judge: Joe C. Loser, Jr., Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Ellen Hobbs Lyle, |
Davidson County | Workers Compensation Panel | 10/21/98 | |
| State vs. Harold Shaw
01C01-9707-CR-00259
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/21/98 | |
| Ronald Thomas vs. State
01C01-9709-CR-00407
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 10/21/98 | |
| Rita Trull v. Kentucky Lake Oil Co.
02S01-9707-CV-00062
Authoring Judge: J. Steven Stafford, Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. C. Creed |
Henry County | Workers Compensation Panel | 10/21/98 |