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($$   1   d''' dxdP Pd$$$$'dxd !  `XXTR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'Tr (<,(j 8` `@E` 8ttxP  r@ INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  @  )ATNASHVILLESAMMIEHALL   h     } p SUMNERCHANCERY  `  `     h     } p No.Below97C99  p  ` Plaintiff/Appellee h     } 0   `     h     } p Hon.TomE.Gray @  vs. `     h     } p Chancellor P   `     h     } `     h     } p No.01S019803CH00041 p  SHONEYS,INC.AND h     } p      ALEXSIS,INC.   h     }   `     h     } ` Defendants/Appellants    } p MODIFIED    @(JUDGMENTORDER `  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanel'sMemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference. `  Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthattheMemorandumOpinionofthePanelshouldbeacceptedandapproved;and `  Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanel'sfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt. XX `  CostswillbepaidbyPLplaintiff/appellee,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. `  ITISSOORDEREDonFebruaryFebruary3,1999.December3,1998."*US , US , * `     h      p PERCURIAM  8836    ` |   @@  INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  @@B B SPECIALWORKERS'COMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANELt (>.*jx` `@E` 8ttxP  tߛ@@ATNASHVILLE  , 3 SAMMIEHALL,   h     ) p SUMNERCHANCERY J  r (<,(j 8` `@Ea ` 8ttxP`  r `     h     ) ` PlaintiffAppellee    ) p NO.01S019803CH00041 v   `     h     ) p    v. `     h     ) p     `     h     ) p    МSHONEYS,INC.,andALEXSIS,  ) p HON.TOME.GRAY,   INC., `     h     ) p CHANCELLOR 4  `     h     ) ` DefendantsAppellants    ) `  `     h   FortheAppellant: h     FortheAppellee: ~  CyrusL.Booker   h     C.TraceyParks  MarkA.Baugh   h     HARSH,PARKS&HARSH  BOOKER&ASSOCIATES,P.C.  123PublicSquare & FirstAmericanCenter h     Gallatin,TN37066  < 315DeaderickStreetSuite1280Nashville,TN372381280 @||MEMORANDUMOPINION +'$ @ii'MembersofPanel: @AA#JusticeWilliamM.Barker  0p+( @FF!SeniorJudgeWilliamH.Inman@~~ SpecialJudgeJoeC.Loser,Jr.MODIFIED    h      p INMAN,SeniorJudge  :L62  ` Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw. ` ThiscomplaintwasfiledApril9,1997,allegingthattheplaintiffsustainedaninjurytohisleftshoulderonJanuary12,1994whileliftingaheavyobjectduringthecourseandscopeofemployment. ` ThedefendantsfiledtheiransweronNovember19,1997allegingthattheclaimwasbarred(1)bytheoneyearstatuteoflimitations,T.C.A.506203;(2)bythefailureoftheplaintifftogivenoticeofinjury,T.C.A.506201etseq.; < (3)bytheexecutionoftheplaintiffofageneralreleaseonJanuary10,1997;(4) h bytheprinciplesofaccordandsatisfaction. ` TheChancellorfoundthattheplaintiffsustainedajobrelatedinjurytohisleftshoulderonJanuary12,1994;thatallofhismedicalexpenseshavebeenpaid;andthatthemedicalproofestablishedatenpercentimpairmenttohisleftupperextremitywhich,whenapportionedtohiswholebody,resultedina35percentdisabilitytohisbodyasawhole. ` Theemployerappeals,insistingthattheproofestablishedan anatomicalratingoftenpercenttotheupperextremity,whichequatestosixpercentwholebodyimpairment,andthatthestatutorymultiplierof2.5shouldhavebeenapplied. ` Thattheplaintiffsufferedashoulderinjuryisnotseriouslydisputed.HewastreatedbyDr.BarrettF.Rosen,anorthopedicsurgeon,whoperformedanarthroscopicprocedureonhisshoulderonJuly22,1996withadiagnosisofimpingementsyndrome,leftshoulder.Dr.Rosenfixedhisimpairmentratingattenpercenttotheupperextremity. :L62  ` ThedefendantsarguesthatDr.Rosentestifiedthattheplaintiffretainedatenpercentimpairmenttoascheduledmember,i.e.,hisarm,whichisapportionedtowholebodyimpairmentofsixpercentratherthantenpercentasfoundbytheCourt. ` TheconfusionisgeneratedbytheuseofFormC32,onwhichDr.Rosenreported, 10%scheduledmember,afterpreviouslyreporting 10%upperextremity.Inlightoftheundisputedfactthatitwastheplaintiffsleftshoulder,andnothisarm,thatwasinjured,andthatthesurgerywasperformedonhisshoulder,andnothisarm,wethinkitreasonableandfairtoconcludethattheimpairmentwastotheshoulder. ` Theinjurywasapparentlynotaseriousone.FollowingarthroscopyonJuly22,1996,theplaintiffreturnedtoworkthreedayslater,andworkeduntilJanuary10,1997,whenhewasterminatedafterexecutingaseveranceagreement.  #  1        <  ` TheplaintiffsinjurywassustainedonJanuary12,1994.HewasofffromworkonlythreedaysforcausesattributabletohisinjuryuntilheexecutedtheSeveranceAgreementeffectiveJanuary10,1997.Giventhesecircumstanceswefindthattheplaintiffreturnedtoworkinameaningfulwayandthatthemultiplierof2.5timesimpairmentratingisapplicable.T.C.A.506141(a)(1).Itresultsthatthejudgmentismodifiedtoreflectavocationaldisabilityof25percenttothebodyasawhole. ` Asmodified,thejudgmentisaffirmed,withcostsonappealassessedtotheappellee.Ӏ#c  |e # `     h     _______________________________ 61.  `     h     WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudge | c  CONCUR:#c  |##_______________________________WilliamM.Barker,Justice | c , | #c  |Q$#_______________________________JoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge#` c #