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Tenn.R.App.3AppealasofRight;_______________Case_ԀRemanded  `!     SharonG.Lee,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichHerschelP.Franks,P.J.,and 8#" CharlesD.Susano,_Jr.,J.,_Ԁjoined. $$t# KevinT.Beck,Chattanooga,Tennessee,fortheAppellants. %L!% MichaelE.Evans,Nashville,Tennessee,fortheAppellee. '$#'    MEMORANDUMOPINIONU W#  1       )$) Ї    Thisisasuitagainstaparamedic,StanleyMurrey,andhisemployer,MeigsCounty,  Tennessee,d/b/aMeigsCountyAmbulanceService,( Defendants)allegingthattheparamedic  respondedtoacallformedicalassistanceatthehomeofthePlaintiff,VeraLynneStiles.The  PlaintiffsaverthattheDefendantMurreyevaluatedherconditionandadvisedherthatshewasnot t havingaheartattack,butratherapanicattackandthattherewasnothingthatcouldbedoneforher ` atthehospital.ThePlaintiffdeferredseekingmedicalattention.Overthenextdayandnight,her L  conditiondidnotimproveandshewenttothehospital.Sheclaimedthatthedelayintreatment 8  causedhertohavepermanentdamagetoherheart.DefendantMurreydeniedadvisingMrs.Stiles $ t thatshewasnothavingaheartattackandclaimedthatMrs.Stilesrefusedtobetransportedtothe  ` hospitalfortreatment.  L    ThejurytrialbeganonFebruary17,2003.OnFebruary19,2003,thePlaintiffscompleted $  theirproofatwhichtimethe_c__ourt_ԀgrantedtheDefendantsmotionfordirectedverdictonthe   PlaintiffsclaimregardingtheDefendant_Murrey_sallegedunauthorizedpracticeofmedicine.On   thatsameday,thejuryreturnedaverdictfindingtheDefendants37%atfaultandthePlaintiffVera   LynneStiles63%atfaultandthecasewasdismissed.ThePlaintiffsfiledamotionfornewtrialon   March31,2003.Althoughitisnotintherecord,apparentlythemotionfornewtrialwasoverruled p bythetrialcourt.Thedateofentryoftheorderoverrulingthemotionfornewtrialisnotknown.On \ August5,2003,thePlaintiffsfiledanoticeofappeal.OnDecember15,2003,thePlaintiffsfileda H six(6)paragraph,twoandahalf_(2)#@XX#XX@page_Ԁ_statement_Ԁoftheevidenceandastatementoftheissues 4 forappeal.TheDefendantsfiledamotiontostrikethestatementofevidenceanddismisstheappeal  p assertingthatthestatementofevidencewasnottimelyfiledandthatthePlaintiffshadfailedtogive  \ noticethatnotranscriptoronlyapartialtranscriptcouldbefiledpursuantto_Tenn.R.App.P__________\Xw XXX.24(b) H and_(c_)#XX X\XwR##@XX#____XX@.ThetrialcourtheardthematteronFebruary17,2004andtransferredthependingmotion 4 tostrikethestatementofevidenceanddismisstheappealtothisCourt.Onthesamedate,February   17,2004,thePlaintiffsfiledamotionwiththisCourtforanextensionoftimetofilethestatement   ofevidenceandstatementofissuesonappeal,claimingthatthestatementofevidencewasfiledlate  becauseofamiscalculationoftime.ThisCourt,byorderfiledMarch11,2004,grantedthemotion  forextensionoftimewithinwhichtofiletheAppellantsstatementofevidenceandstatementsof  issuesonappeal.Thereafter,onMarch29,2004,theDefendantsfiledamotioninthisCourtto l dismisstheappealbecauseastatementofevidencewasfiledinsteadofatranscript.Themotionto X  dismisswasdenied.OnMarch30,2004,theDefendantsfiledinthetrialcourtacounterstatement D! inresponsetothestatementofevidenceassertingtheevidencedidnotpresentafair,accurate,and 0"  completeaccountoftheproofstating itsimplyisnotpossiblewithinalengthoflessthan3pages #l! torecountevidenceina3dayjurytrial... $X"   Inthisappeal,thePlaintiffsarechallengingthetrialcourtsrefusaltochargethreeofthe %0!$ Plaintiffsproposedjuryinstructions;thetrialcourtsactionindirectingaverdictfortheDefendants &"% ontheissueofwhetherDefendantMurreysconductallegedinthecomplaintandshownbytheproof  attrialconstitutedtheunauthorizedpracticeofmedicineandnegligenceperse;andwhetherthetrial  courterredbyallowingthejurytocomparethefaultofthePlaintiffsandDefendantMurreywith  respecttoDefendantMurreysconductthatconstitutedtheunauthorizedpracticeofmedicineand t negligenceperse.ThestatementofevidencefiledbythePlaintiffsdoesnotcontainanyofthejury ` instructionsgivenbythecourt,thecourtsrulingontherequestedjuryinstructions,themotionfor L  directedverdict,oranyexhibitsordepositionsintroducedintoproof. 8    Thereisadisputebetweenthepartiesastotheevidenceintherecordbeforeus.Although  ` wetendtoagreewiththeDefendantsthat itsimplyisnotpossiblewithinalengthoflessthan3  L  pagestorecountevidenceina3dayjurytrial,wedonotknowwhatevidencewaspresentedtothe  8  jury.ThetrialcourtdidnotapprovethePlaintiffsstatementofevidence.Weareinnopositionto $  determinewhatoccurredorwhatdidnotoccurduringthetrialofthiscause.     Itistheresponsibilityofthetrialjudgetoresolvequestionsregardingthecontentofthe   record. Whenadisputearises,theonewhodirectedtheproceedings,thetrialjudge,isnotonlythe   bestone,butistheonlyonewhocanresolvesuchdisputesabsentextraordinarycircumstances... p Artripv.Crilley,688S.W.2d451,453(Tenn.Ct.App.1985);accordBeefNBirdofAmerica,Inc. \ v.ContinentalCasualtyCo.,803S.W.2d234,240(Tenn.Ct.App.1990). H   Tenn.R.App.P.24(e)oftheTennesseeRulesofAppellateProcedureprovides:  p 8  8`   Ifanymatterproperlyincludableisomittedfromtherecord,is H improperlyincluded,orismisstatedtherein,therecordmaybe 4 correctedormodifiedtoconformtothetruth.Anydifferences   regardingwhethertherecordaccuratelydiscloseswhatoccurredin   thetrialcourtshallbesubmittedtoandsettledbythetrialcourt  regardlessofwhethertherecordhasbeentransmittedtotheappellate  court.Absentextraordinarycircumstances,thedeterminationofthe  trialcourtisconclusive.l` x` x   Accordingly,itisouropinionthatwecannotconsiderthismatteratthistimebecauseofthe D! disputeoverthecontentsofthestatementofevidenceandaccordingly,pursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn. 0"  273128andTenn.R.App.P.24(e),weremandthiscausetothetrialcourttodeterminewhether #l! thestatementofevidencefiledbythePlaintiffsconveysafair,accurate,andcompleteaccountof $X" whattranspiredwithrespecttothoseissuesthatarethebasesofthisappeal.Wenotethatthe $D # Appellant,nottheAppellee,hasthedutytoprepareatranscriptorastatementofevidencethatis %0!$ fair,accurateandcomplete.Intheeventthetrialcourtdeterminesthatthestatementofevidenceas &"% filedbythePlaintiffsisafair,accurate,andcompleteaccountoftheproceedingsthatformthebases '#& forthisappeal,thentheclerkofthetrialcourtshallfilewiththeappellatecourtasupplemental (#' recordcontainingthestatementofevidenceapprovedbythetrialcourt,thetrialcourtsorder )$( regardingitsrulingandtheorderoverrulingthemotionfornewtrial.Intheeventthetrialcourtrules |*%) thatthestatementofevidenceasfiledbythePlaintiffsisnotafair,accurate,andcompleteaccount h+&* oftheproceedingsthatformthebasesforthisappeal,thenthetrialcourtmay,initsdiscretion,allow  thePlaintiffstosupplementtheirstatementofevidence.Thetrialcourtinanyeventmustapprove  thePlaintiffsstatementofevidencebeforeitistransmittedtothisCourt.    WetaxthecostsofthisappealtotheAppellant,VeraLynneStiles,forwhichexecutionmay ` issue,ifnecessary. L     `     h      p ______________________________ $ t    `     h      p SHARONG.LEE,JUDGE#@XX;#   `    `     h      p