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ÐÌóóJustice€Ô_ÔAdolphoÔ_Ô€A.€Birch,€Jr.Ð ô$D # ÐHenry€D.€Bell,€Special€JudgeÐ à%0!$ ÐHamilton€Ô_ÔGaydenÔ_Ô,€Jr.,€Special€JudgeÐ Ì&"% ÐÓµÓÌÓ  ÓÌÌÌÌÌÓ  ÓAFFIRMEDà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àà È àà  àà x àÔ_ÔGaydenÔ_Ô,€JudgeÐ @-(, ÐÌÓ  ÓÌÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àòòMEMORANDUM€OPINIONóóÐ ð0@,0 ЇÓÓà  àThis€workers€€compensation€€appeal€has€been€referred€to€the€Special€Workers€€CompensationÐ ° ÐAppeals€Panel€of€the€Supreme€Court€in€accordance€with€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€Section€50„6„225(e)(1).Ð ˆØ ÐIn€this€appeal,€the€employee,€Eddie€Ronald€Ô_ÔEadyÔ_Ô,€alleges€four€errors€were€committed€by€the€trialÐ `° Ðcourt;€(1)the€trial€court€erred€in€finding€that€appellant€did€not€suffer€any€compensable€physical€and/orÐ 8 ˆ Ðpsychiatric€injury€arising€from€workplace€exposure€of€ozone;€(2)€€the€trial€court€erred€in€denyingÐ  ` Ðappellant€the€benefit€of€negative€evidentiary€inferences€against€the€Defendant/Appellee€under€theÐ è 8  Ðdoctrine€of€spoliation€of€evidence€and€the€missing€witness€rule;(3)€the€trial€court€erred€in€referringÐ À  Ðto€and€relying€upon€the€Ô_ÔTOSHAÔ_Ô€inspection€file€of€the€appellee€in€its€memorandum€opinion;€(4)€theÐ ˜è  Ðtrial€court€erred€in€allowing€the€defendant€to€present€evidence€and€witnesses€after€failing€to€respondÐ pÀ Ðto€appellantððs€€interrogatories€and/€or€request€for€production.€€This€€panel€finds€that€the€evidenceÐ H˜ Ðpreponderates€in€favor€of€€the€finding€of€the€trial€court,€therefore,€€as€discussed€below€€we€affirm.Ð  p Ðà  àThe€€relationship€between€€the€Appellantðð€s€injuries€and€€the€air€quality€of€the€workplace€isÐ øH Ða€question€of€€fact.€Review€is€therefore€de€novo€upon€the€record€of€the€trial€court,€accompanied€byÐ Ð  Ða€presumption€of€correctness€of€the€findings€of€fact,€unless€the€preponderance€of€the€evidence€isÐ ¨ø Ðotherwise.€Tenn.€Code€Ann.ðð50„6„225(e)(2).Ð €Ð Ðà  àThe€employee€or€appellant,€Ô_ÔEadyÔ_Ô,€is€forty„seven€with€a€ninth€grade€education.€Appellant€hadÐ X ¨ Ðworked€at€Fleming€Dairy€for€ten€years€at€the€time€of€the€injury.€Appellant€€moved€into€the€bottlingÐ 0"€  Ðroom€in€1987.Ð $X" Ðà  àIn€April€of€1990,€appellant€developed€pneumonia€and€was€hospitalized€for€several€days.€HeÐ à%0!$ Ðsubsequently€developed€pneumonia€two€or€three€times€before€leaving€Fleming€Dairy.€Appellant€Ð ¸'#& Ðasserts€that€the€onset€of€pneumonia€and€his€subsequent€respiratory€problems€are€a€result€of€ozoneÐ )à$( Ðcontaminated€air€€at€the€plant.€The€appellant€further€asserts€that€€after€finding€out€the€dangers€ofÐ h+¸&* Ðozone€exposure€€he€suffered€psychological€damage.Ð @-(, Ðà  à€Appellantððs€€proof€offered€at€trial€included,€his€own€testimony€regarding€€the€odor€which€wasÐ /h*. Ðemitted€when€water€was€being€Ô_ÔozonatedÔ_Ô,€and€the€expert€testimony€of€three€physicians.€€Dr.€Ô_ÔWoodhallÔ_ÔÐ ð0@,0 ÐÔ_ÔStopfordÔ_Ô,€who€is€a€specialist€in€industrial€Ô_ÔhygieneÔ#†XÁ‚XXX Dé #ÔÔ‡XoKXXXÁ‚ÔÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔÔ#†XÁ‚XXXoK£%#ÔÔ‡X DXXXÁ‚ÔandÔ_Ô€internal€Ô_ÔÔ#†XÁ‚XXX D&#ÔÔ‡X DXXXÁ‚Ômedicine,Ô_Ô€and€an€expert€inÐ ° Ðoccupational€and€industrial€toxicology€€and€environmental€toxicology,€diagnosed€€appellant€€asÐ ”ä Ðhaving€reversible€airways€disease€caused€from€ozone€exposure.€Dr.€Ô_ÔStopfordÔ_Ô€concluded€thisÐ l¼ Ðcondition€would€be€€Ô_ÔÔ#†XÁ‚XXX Du&#ÔÔ‡X DXXXÁ‚Ôpermanent.Ô_Ô€Dr.€Ô_ÔStopfordÔ_Ô€assessed€appellant€€as€having€a€10€to€15%€impairmentÐ D ” Ðto€the€body€as€a€whole.€The€appellant€called€to€licensed€psychiatrist€who€testified€€that€appellant€hadÐ  l Ðsuffered€psychological€damage€as€a€result€of€finding€out€the€dangers€of€ozone€exposure.€Dr.€Ô_ÔNarcisoÔ_ÔÐ ô D  ÐÔ_ÔGaboyÔ_Ô€€assessed€appellant€€as€having€a€65%€psychiatric€impairment€to€the€body€as€a€whole.Ð Ì  Ðà  àThe€appellee€€called€four€physicians€to€testify€about€their€diagnosis€of€the€appellant.€Dr.Ð ¤ô  ÐJames€€Ô_ÔSnellÔ_Ô€assessed€appellant€as€having€pulmonary€problems€as€a€result€of€his€smoking€two€packsÐ |Ì Ða€day€for€twenty„four€years,€not€as€a€result€of€ozone€exposure.€Dr.€Ô_ÔSnellÔ_Ô€specifically€stated€that€theÐ T¤ Ðappellants€symptoms€are€not€consistent€with€someone€who€had€been€exposed€to€ozone.€Dr.€Evelyn€Ð ,| ÐFrye,€a€licensed€clinical€psychologist,€attributed€his€psychological€problems€to€his€addictionÐ T Ðproblems,€specifically€to€marijuana€and€Ô_ÔXanaxÔ_Ô€€both€of€which€can€€cause€anxiety,€depression,€andÐ Ü, Ðparanoia.€Dr.€Ô_ÔAlshaÔ_Ô€Dunn€assessed€appellant€as€having€a€substance€dependency€problem€starting€withÐ ´ Ðhis€alcohol€abuse€to€his€current€Ô_ÔXanaxÔ_Ô€addiction.€Dr.€Dunn€found€no€relation€between€appellantsÐ ŒÜ Ðpsychological€problems€and€the€effects€of€€possible€exposure€to€ozone.€Defendants€fourth€medicalÐ d ´ Ðexpert€Dr.€David€Dodd€was€€a€specialist€in€addiction€medicine€and€he€testified€that€appellantsÐ <"Œ  Ðproblems€were€not€caused€by€his€employment,€but€by€his€addictive€personality.Ð $d" Ðà  à€Further€evidence€presented€at€trial€included€Ô_ÔTOSHAÔ_Ôððs€ozone€€testing€€results€of€FlemingÐ ì%