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Ðñ=ññ<ñÓ3°,X°` À”X°,X°À”X3Óñ<ññ=ññ>ññ=ñÓ6°,X°` ¸ À”X°,X°À”X6Óñ=ññ>ññ?ññ>ñÓ9°,X°` ¸ [À”X°,X°À”X9Óñ>ññ?ññ@ññ?ñÓ6°,X°` ‚XÀ”X°,X°À”X6Óñ?ññ@ññ@ñÓ0°,X°` ˜X°,X°À”X0Óñ@ññAñÓ  ÓñAññBñÓÓñBññCñà ` àDefendant€Shelby€County€appeals€the€trial€courtððs€judgment€which€awardedÏPlaintiff/Appellee€Carolyn€Martin€Love€$123,991.22€in€benefits€under€the€Countyððs€on„the„job€injuryÏpolicy.€€Most€of€the€trial€courtððs€judgment€represented€permanent€disability€benefits€and€was€basedÏupon€the€courtððs€finding,€after€conducting€a€bench€trial,€that€Love€had€sustained€a€one€hundredÏpercent(100%)€permanent€disability€to€each€of€her€arms€as€a€result€of€her€on„the„job€injuries.€€WeÏaffirm.ÌÌà ` àThe€dispute€in€this€case€focused€on€the€extent€of€Loveððs€disability€from€carpal€tunnelÏsyndrome€and€related€problems.€€At€trial,€Love€testified€that€she€was€fifty„three€years€of€age€and€hadÏa€high€school(GED)€education.€€Love€began€working€for€the€Shelby€County€Circuit€Court€as€aÏdeputy€clerk€in€1987.€€Prior€to€that€time,€Loveððs€work€experiences€were€primarily€clerical.€€In€JanuaryÏ1994,€Love€was€promoted€to€the€position€of€principal€court€clerk€in€Division€VIII.€€Among€otherÏduties,€this€position€required€Love€to€operate€a€computer€and€to€lift€large€docket€books€weighing€asÏmuch€as€forty€pounds.€€Approximately€forty€percentof€Loveððs€job€duties€involved€lifting.ÌÌà ` àIn€July€or€August€1994,€Love€began€to€notice€a€tingling€sensation€in€her€hands.€€LoveÏfirst€sought€treatment€from€Dr.€Stanley€Patterson,€who€treated€Love€for€carpal€tunnel€syndrome.€€PerÏthe€Countyððs€instructions,€Love€was€evaluated€by€an€occupational€medicine€doctor,€A.€Ritchie€Lewis,Ïin€November€1994.€€The€report€of€Dr.€Lewis€indicated€that€he€believed€Love€to€have€ð ðright€upperÏextremity€MusculoSkeletal€Disorder.ðð€€Dr.€Lewis€noted€that€Love€had€symptoms€of€carpal€tunnelÏsyndrome€but€that€she€also€had€symptoms€involving€the€other€two€nerves€of€the€right€upperÏextremity.€€Dr.€Lewis€did€not€believe€that€carpal€tunnel€surgery€alone€would€completely€correct€theÏproblem.€€In€addition€to€recommending€a€course€of€treatment€to€include€an€anti„inflammatory€agent,Ïa€mild€diuretic,€and€wrist€splints€to€be€worn€at€night,€Dr.€Lewis€recommended€that€Love€not€beÏrequired€to€do€any€data€entry€work€or€work€with€docket€books€during€her€treatment.€€ÌÌà ` àLove€testified€that,€over€a€period€of€time,€her€hand€and€arm€problems€made€itÏincreasingly€difficult€for€her€to€perform€her€job€duties,€which€required€her€to€copy,€staple,€stamp,€andÏfile€documents,€to€operate€a€computer,€and€to€retrieve€and€carry€the€large€docket€books.€€As€LoveððsÏcondition€worsened,€she€had€to€use€both€hands€to€operate€a€stapler.€€In€August€1995,€she€was€referredÏto€Dr.€Riley€Jones,€who€began€treating€Love€for€carpal€tunnel€syndrome€and€tendinitis.€€DissatisfiedÐ