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State vs. Glenn Bernard Mann

02S01-9609-CC-00077
Supreme Court 02/17/98
State vs. Eronia Neal

W1999-01194-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Originating Judge:Joseph B. Dailey
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/15/98
Joseph Nolen v. Amy Nolen

M2002-00138-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Don R. Ash
Originating Judge:Donald P. Harris
Hickman County Court of Appeals 02/14/98
Sanders, et. ux. vs. Mansfield, et. al.

01A01-9705-CH-00222

Originating Judge:Ben H. Cantrell
Lincoln County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
William Allen Frazier v. Landair Services, Inc.

03S01-9706-CV-00064
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 plaintiff alleged in his petition that he was injured while unloading a trailer while in the employment of the defendant.1 The defendant filed a Motion for Summary Judgment supported by affidavits, and the plaintiff answered the motion by filing affidavits also. The trial judge granted summary judgment to the defendant and dismissed the plaintiff's petition. We affirm the judgment. The issue raised in this case is whether the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant and thus entitled to recover workers' compensation benefits for his injury. The structure of the relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant was derived from the employment of the plaintiff as a driver with a company known as Central Trucking, Inc. Landair Transport, Inc. entered into a contract with Central Trucking whereby Central Trucking would tow the defendant's trailers on shipments to the defendant's customers. The contract provided that the employees of Central Trucking would not be employees of the defendant. The plaintiff contended in his petition and affidavit that he was injured while unloading a trailer for the defendant and that all unloading fees were negotiated between him and a terminal manager of the defendant. The plaintiff claims this created an employer-employee relationship between him and the defendant. One of the owners of Central Trucking filed an affidavit in support of the plaintiff's claim that the amount to be paid for unloading was negotiated between the plaintiff and the defendant. The trial judge considered the affidavits, the contract between the defendant and Central Trucking, and various documents filed in support of and in opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment. After reviewing the documents and hearing 1 It appears the actual defendant relevant to this case is Landair Transport, Inc. frazier.wc 2
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. John Mcclellan, III,
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 02/13/98
Tommy Horton Tate vs. State

03C01-9707-CR-00264

Originating Judge:E. Eugene Eblen
Morgan County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/13/98
Karr vs. Gibson

01A01-9605-CH-00220

Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
State vs. Maurice Johnson

03C01-9705-CR-00175

Originating Judge:Richard R. Baumgartner
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/13/98
Culp vs. J.B. Hinson & Pevahouse

01A01-9707-CV-00307

Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton
Wayne County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
Carson vs. Agri-Products Special Markets

01A01-9708-CV-00420
Montgomery County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
West vs. Dept. of Correction, et. al.

01A01-9706-CV-00243

Originating Judge:Walter C. Kurtz
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
Billy Aldridge vs. State

01C01-9704-CR-00142
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/13/98
Hollis vs. Hollis

01A01-9704-CH-00178

Originating Judge:Henry Denmark Bell
Williamson County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
01C01-9612-CR-00507

01C01-9612-CR-00507

Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/13/98
Charles Orren vs. State

03C01-9704-CR-00141

Originating Judge:Lynn W. Brown
Johnson County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/13/98
Child Support Svcs. vs. Russell

01A01-9706-JV-00267

Originating Judge:Andrew J. Shookhoff
Davidson County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
Little, et. al. vs. Hogan, et. al.

01A01-9707-CV-00291
Court of Appeals 02/13/98
Sherrell vs. Sherrell

01A01-9703-CH-00131

Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton
Lawrence County Court of Appeals 02/13/98
State vs. Kenneth Johnson

02C01-9612-CR-00476

Originating Judge:James C. Beasley, Jr.
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/12/98
Robert Martin vs. Union Planters

02A01-9708-CV-00179

Originating Judge:Robert A. Lanier
Shelby County Court of Appeals 02/12/98
State vs. Raymond Jones

02C01-9705-CC-00162
Madison County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/12/98
State vs. Steven Culps

02C01-9705-CC-00163
Madison County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/12/98
State vs. Kevin Hyman & Karen Russell

02C01-9612-CR-00454
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/12/98
State vs. Rickey Nelson

02C01-9607-CR-00223

Originating Judge:John P. Colton, Jr.
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 02/12/98
Mildred Daniel vs. James Daniel

02A01-9606-CH-00135

Originating Judge:Floyd Peete, Jr.
Shelby County Court of Appeals 02/12/98