WPC0 # VUNa % 0(w@4 1 UP@ 0l 0D @ 0JH 0T 0^ 0hD 0r 0| 0 0 1u 0d%U>U6B)DC& AMiU* D3 B 0 0@;{v~:v AO 0D D/ BHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ DPDӀR", 3|x&@FZ 8CaslonOpnface BT Regular((3$ !      0  (#$  0  2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Courier New% Line 7 d&&&&7Border 1dd-'C << G<  9p`(Arial++++'dxd d  !#d#$  ))   YYY FILED)X MAY29,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.)AppellateCourtClerk ("$      !#d#$   $       %%Rule10(b)oftheRulesoftheCourtofAppealsprovidesasfollows: 8 TheCourtwiththeconcurrenceofalljudgesparticipatinginthecase,mayaffirm,reverseormodifytheactionsofthetrialcourtbymemorandumopinionwhenaformalopinionwouldhavenoprecedentialvalue.Whenacaseisdecidedbymemorandumopinionitshallbedesignated MEMORANDUMOPINION,shallnotbepublished,andshallnotbecitedorreliedonforanyreasoninasubsequentunrelatedcase.PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . $  P %7XXdd7\RA'\ћ @ INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE̜R(,'A1-j|i`  `@RߛLINDAMOORE,    )C/ANO.03A019611CV00350      )  PlaintiffAppellant,)      )      )      )v.      )APPEALASOFRIGHTFROMTHE      )ANDERSONCOUNTYCIRCUITCOURT      )      )      )DAVIDTATEandTATEAUTO  )REPAIRS,INC.,    )      )HONORABLEJAMESB.SCOTT,JR.,  DefendantsAppellees.)JUDGEForAppellant:     ForAppellees:LINDAMOORE,ProSe    DAVIDS.CLARK̜Harriman,Tennessee    DavidS.Clark&Associates̜       OakRidge,Tennessee@    MEMORANDUMOPINION%%XAFFIRMEDANDREMANDED       Susano,J.  ThiscaseoriginatedintheAndersonCountyGeneralSessionsCourt.ThatcourtfoundadversetotheplaintiffLindaMoore,andsheappealedtotheCircuitCourt(hereafterreferredtoas thetrialcourt).ThetrialcourtdismissedMs.Mooresappealwithprejudice,findingthatshewasnotpresentwhenhercasewascalledfortrial.  Ourreviewisdenovo;however,wecannotreversethetrialcourtsjudgmentunlesswefindthattheevidenceintherecordpreponderatesagainstthetrialcourtsfindings.Rule13(d),T.R.A.P.̜  Dismissalofapartysclaim forfailuretoprosecuteisamatterwithinthesounddiscretionofthetrialcourt.SeeRule41.02(1),Tenn.R.Civ.P.;seealso Whitev.CollegeMotors,Inc. ,370S.W.2d476,477(Tenn.1963).WehavecarefullyconsideredtherecordandthebriefssubmittedbyMs.Mooreandthedefendants.Themeagerrecordbeforeusdoesnotdemonstrateanyerrorinthetrialcourtsaction.Wecannotsaythatthetrialcourtabuseditsdiscretion.  ThejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmedpursuanttotheprovisionsofRule10(b),RulesoftheCourtofAppeals. .   כThiscaseisremandedtothetrialcourtforthecollectionofcostsassessedthere.Costsonappealaretaxedtotheappellant.       __________________________       CharlesD.Susano,Jr.,J.CONCUR:__________________________HoustonM.Goddard,P.J.__________________________WilliamH.Inman,Sr.J.