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($$   1  YYYY'dxd !  _% - TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'TtXX_vZ `@0,j:`  `@E` 8ttxP  v__@  INTHESUPREMEOFTENNESSEE  @'ATNASHVILLE % # ROGERLEEDAILEY%#@-} p % $ FRANKLINCHANCERY%$  J @-} p No.Below% % 15196%%  \  ` Plaintiff/Appellee@-}  n @-} p Hon.% & JeffreyStewart%&. 0  vs.@-H-} B  @-}@-} p No.% ' 01S019805CH00101%' f  % ( EZLOADERBOATTRAILERS,INC.,%(.@-} x  andCONTINENTALINSURANCE}COMPANY0 @- (# (#}   ` Defendants/Appell% ) ants%)@-} p % * AFFIRMEDandREMANDED%*W  @&JUDGMENTORDER 4  ` ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord,includingthe j orderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkersCompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanelsMemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference. ` Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthattheMemorandumOpinionofthePanelshouldbeacceptedandapproved;and ` Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanelsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt. ` Costswillbepaidby% + defendants/appellants%+ ,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. ` ITISSOORDEREDon% , October11,1999%, . `     h      p PERCURIAM 40-  ` #XCXt#  6>2/ XX@c c INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  *XXXX*  _xZ`B2.jzpK`  `@E8C ` 8ttxPp{ x_SPECIALWORKERSCOMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANEL H  @  @`  @  @ ATNASHVILLE . ~  @  @`  @ (MARCH31,1999Session) @       ROGERLEEDAILEY,0 h   )0ph(#h(#FRANKLINCHANCERY p(#p(#    `     h   )      ` PlaintiffAppellee,  )0 p Hon.JeffreyStewart,p(#p(#    `     h   )0 p Chancellor.p(#p(#    `     h   )     VS. `     h   ) p 01S019805CH00101 2    `     h    p      x @*  ) D    `     h   ) V   EZLOADERBOATTRAILERS,  ) h   INC.,#XX #XXԀandCONTINENTAL  ) *z   INSURANCECO.,#XX쌯#XX h   ) <    `     h   ) N    ` DefendantsAppellants.  )  `    ForAppellants:   h    p   ForAppellee: #  0  MikeP.Lynch   h    p   ThomasM.Horne%0!(#(#   Lynch,Lynch&Lynch0 h    p   LutherAnderson,_PLLP_&B" h(#h(#   Winchester,TN   h    p   Chattanooga,TN (T#!    ` MEMORANDUMOPINION /*(    `     h    p    `    󀀀MembersofPanel: 3/, 0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#FrankF._Drowota_,III,AssociateJustice5>1. (# (#    `  ThomasW.Brothers,SpecialJudge 7P2/ Ѐ0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#JoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge8b30(#(#    H;63   AFFIRMEDandREMANDED0  0p(#(#0p(#p(#0 (#(#0x (# (#Brothers,  Judge#XX=#ZXXX x(#x(# #XXXZ#w XX   `  _#XX wu#_  MEMORANDUMOPINION  0   ` ThisworkerscompensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers  CompensationAppealsPanelinaccordancewith_Tenn.Code_ԀAnn.506225(e)(3). o Appellantsappealraisedoneissue,whethertheTrialCourtsawardofpermanentpartial V  disabilitybenefitsbasedona50%vocationaldisabilitytobotharmswasexcessive. =   X1 XXXAppelleerequestspostjudgmentinterestpursuantto_Tenn.Code_ԀAnn.506225(h)(1).$t (#(# 0   ` AppellatereviewisdenovoupontherecordoftheTrialCourt,accompaniedbya c  presumptionofthecorrectnessofthefindingsoffact,unlessthepreponderanceofthe R  evidenceisotherwise. _Tenn.Code_ԀAnn.506_Ԅ225(e)(2) .#XX X X1)#_ԀAfterhavingconsideredthe A briefssubmittedbybothparties,andtheentirerecordpresentedforreview,thisCourt Q findsthattheevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainsttheTrialCourtsawardof 8 permanentpartialdisabilitybenefitsbasedona50%vocationaldisabilitytobotharms.  Therefore,itistheopinionofthisCourtthattheTrialCourtshouldbeaffirmed.(#(# 0   ` Appelleeisentitledtorecoverpostjudgmentinterestonaccruedbutunpaid  disabilitybenefits,theamounttobecalculatedfromthedateoftheTrialCourts  judgment._XXXX #XXXXV"#_Ԁ506225(h)(1),_T.C.A._ , WestAmerican_Insur_.Co.v.Montgomery,861 k! S.W.2d230(Tenn.1993),_McClain_Ԁv.HenryI._Seigel_ԀCo.,834S.W.2d295(Tenn. Z#  1992) .A% "(#(# 0   ` ThejudgmentoftheTrialCourtisaffirmedandthematterisremandedtothe 0'"$ TrialCourtfordeterminationofinterestandadditionalproceedings,ifany,asmaybe )g$& necessary.Costsonappealaretaxedtothedefendantsappellants.*N&((#(#   X1 XXXM0  ____ (#(#    `     h   _____________________________  -,)+    `     h   ThomasW.Brothers,SpecialJudge .#*,   CONCUR: 0,. ̀0  ________________________________2-0(#(# Ѐ0  FrankF._Drowota_,III,AssociateJustice3.1(#(# ̀0  ________________________________614(#(# Ѐ0  JoeC.Loser,Jr.,Special_Judge#XX X X1z%#___