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Chattanooga,TN37402 h     Chattanooga,TN37402 j"    MEMORANDUMOPINION )*%# MembersofPanel: JusticeFrankF.Drowota,III .b)' SeniorJudgeJohnK.ByersSeniorJudgeWilliamH.Inman  :"63Q ЇAFFIRMED.   h      p INMAN,SeniorJudge   P   ` Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'  CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw.#P  # D   ` TheissueiswhethertheChanceryCourtofBradleyCounty,Tennessee,hasjurisdictiontohearthecase.Bywayofamotionforsummaryjudgment,theChancellorheldthattheCourtwaswithoutsubjectmatterjurisdictionandenteredanorderofdismissal.Theplaintiffappeals,andpresentsforreviewtheproprietyofthedismissalofhiscase. ` TheplaintiffisaresidentofBradleyCounty,Tennessee.HetelephonedHornadyTruckLines,headquarteredinMonroeville,Alabama,onApril28,1997,toenquireaboutemploymentasatruckdriver.TheterminalmanagerofHornady,ScottJohnson,invitedhimtocometotheBirmingham,Alabamaterminaltoapplyforajobasaovertheroaddriver. ` OnMay5,1997,theplaintiffarrivedinBirmingham.Hefilledoutandsignedanapplicationforemployment,tookaroadtest,wasgivenadrugscreen,asafetyinterview,andfinally,aDepartmentofTransportationwrittentest.HepassedthesetestsandwasofferedajobwhileattheBirminghamterminal.Hethereuponacceptedtheoffer. ` [aOnJuly2,1997,hewasinjuredinajobrelatedaccidentinAlabama,andfiledthiscomplaintonAugust27,1997.[adada[a [aPlaintiffbeganworkandwasassignedtheBirminghamlocationashishometerminal.HereceiveddispatchinstructionsfromtheMonroeville,Alabama,office.AftercompletingadeliveryhewouldtelephonetheAlabamaofficeforfurtherinstruction.OnJuly2,1997,hewasinjuredinanaccidentinAlabamawhileinthe courseandscopeofhisemployment. 6 2/  ` \aTheplaintiffwasallowedtodrivetheHornadytrucktohishomeinBradleyCounty,Tennessee,everyFriday,whereheweekended,andthendeliveredhiscargothefollowingMonday. 7030 \adada\a \a POurreviewofthefindingsoffactmadebythetrialcourtisdenovouponthe   recordofthetrialcourt,accompaniedbyapresumptionofthecorrectnessofthefinding,unlessthepreponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise.Tenn.CodeAnn.  X 506225(e)(2);Stonev.CityofMcMinnville,896S.W.2d548,550(Tenn.1995).#P  #Ԁ 4   PWereviewquestionsoflawdenovowithnopresumptionofcorrectness.Perryv.   SentryIns.Co.,938S.W.2d404(Tenn.1996).#P #ԀSummaryjudgmentisproperif   thereisnogenuineissueofmaterialfactandthemovingpartyisentitledtoajudgmentasamatteroflaw,Tenn.R.Civ.P.PPԀRule56.03.#PP#ԀTheplaintiffbearsthe h burdenofdemonstratingtotheCourtthattherearenodisputed,materialfactscreatingagenuineissue,Byrdv.Hall,847S.W.2d208(Tenn.1993). X  ` TheapplicablestatuteisT.C.A.506115.Itprovides8 ` Ifanemployee,whileworkingoutsidetheterritoriallimitsofthisstate,suffersaninjuryonaccountofwhichsuchemployee...wouldhavebeenentitledtothebenefitsprovidedbythischapterhadsuchinjuryoccurredwithinthestate,suchemployee...shallbeentitledtothebenefitsprovidedbythischapter;providedthatatthetimeofsuchinjury: ` 8"` 8" М[a[a񀀛 ` Sa񀀀Sa(1)Theemploymentwasprincipallylocalizedwithinthisstate;or "H МTa8 ` Ta[a[aUaUa ` Va񀀀Va(2)Thecontractofhirewasmadeinthisstate. $X  ` ItisnotdisputedthattheaccidentoccurredinAlabama;thus,theplaintiffwasrequiredtoshoweitherthathisemploymentwasprincipallylocalizedwithinTennesseeorthatthecontractofhirewasmadeinTennessee. ` TheplaintiffarguesthatthecontractforhirewasmadeinTennessee,becausehecalledHornadyafterreadinganadvertisementinamagazine,answeredallpertinentquestions,andwastoldbythetelephonerecruiterthathewashiredprovidedthatheattendanorientationsessionattheBirminghamterminalandcompletecertaintests.ButitisnotseriouslydisputedthateverydeterminativefactoroftheemploymenttookplaceinAlabama:theplaintifffilledoutandsignedanapplicationforemploymentinAlabama,hetookadrugtest,roadtest,a H941 DepartmentofTransportationtestinAlabama,andhewasofferedajobWa,WawhichheacceptedinAlabama. %  1      ׀MuchlikethecircumstancesinPerkinsv.BE&K,Inc.,802   S.W.2d215(Tenn.1990),theonlyeventthathappenedinTennesseewastheplaintiffsresponsetoHornadysmagazineadvertisementaboutajob.Assumingfactuallythattheplaintiffwasofferedajobduringthetelephonecall,itisnotdisputedthatanyofferwasstrictlyconditioneduponthewrittenapplication,drugandroadtests,andthewrittentests,allofwhichoccurredinAlabama. ` TheplaintiffreliesuponMatthewsv.St.PaulProp.&]aLiab.Ins.]a]aCasKaKa.Co.]a,845S.W.2d  737(Tenn.1992),insupportofhisargumentthatthecontractforhirewasmadeinTennessee.InMatthews,theplaintiffcontactedthetruckingcompanyafterreading   anadvertisementinaTennesseenewspaper.Pertinentpreliminaryinformationwastakenoverthetelephone,andtheapplicationwasreferredtoalesseeofthecompanyXa,Xawhichscreenedtheapplicationandapprovedhimforemployment.HewasinjuredinatrafficaccidentinOhio,andthecompanysinsureradvisedhimthathehadachoiceoffori,thosebeingOhio,Missouri,orTennessee.Acknowledgingthatthequestionwas acloseone,theCourtapparentlypitcheditsconclusiononthefactthattheplaintiffwasofferedajobduringthetelephoneconversationandthatheacceptedtheoffer.ThefactthattheagreementwasthereaftermemorializedinMissouriwasheldtobeofnosignificance.TheCourtnotedthat nothinginthewrittencontractpurportstocontrolthequestionofjurisdictionoveraclaimforworkerscompensation. ` ThecontrastbetweenMatthewsandthecaseathandisevident.Even P1,* assumingastrue,whichwemust,theplaintiffsstatementthathewasofferedajobbytelephone^a,it^aisnotdispositive_abecause_a_athat_atheofferwas`anotcomplete`aaaconditionalaaandwasnot 50. finalizeduntiltheeventsoccurredinAlabama.WeagreewiththeChancellorthatthecontractforhirewasnotmadeinTennessee.WealsoagreethattheplaintiffsemploymentwasnotprincipallylocalizedinTennessee.HisresidencyinTennesseeisnotcontrolling,andthefactthathewasallowedtoreturntoBradleyCountybaonbabaoverbaϜcaweekendscacaFridaycahaslittlerelevancytothequestionofprincipallylocalized.HornadyhasnoassetsinTennessee,theplaintiffreportedtoandreceivedalldispatchinstructionsfromthehomeofficeinAlabama,anditisnotcontrovertedthat81outof82originsanddestinationswheretheplaintiffpickedupanddeliveredgoodswereoutsideTennessee.NeitherisitcontrovertedthattheplaintiffstruckwasnotmaintainedinTennessee. ` Finally,itistobenotedthatintheapplicationforemployment,theplaintiffacknowledged,unlikeMatthews,supra,thatthelawsofAlabamawouldcontrol. `  ` Thejudgmentisaffirmedatthecostsoftheappellant.PP `     h     _______________________________ `     h     WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudge#PP3/# # CONCUR:PP̜ZaZa_______________________________FrankF.Drowota,III,Justice#PPs0#_______________________________JohnK.Byers,SeniorJudgeoa  0/*( oapapapa ` P   INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE#P}1#XTmXP  @.l*6&"h 8 `Extt06l $$ `     h   ATKNOXVILLE $$   @     H      P      @     H      P      @     @     H    8   8   8   8      @     H     (H ""   @  "" WILLIAMHERRON,   H )  BRADLEYCHANCERY  L     @     H )  No.97232 8  (  PlaintiffAppellant,   H )     P    $     @     H )     P      X       @  H )No.03S019807CH00072     v. @     H )      @     H )̀HORNADYTRUCKLINES H )  Hon.EarlH.Henley   X  p    @     H )Chancellor P  \   Defendants/Appellants. H )   H    @       p    @       @    JUDGMENTORDER̀X5XXXTm  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord, F ЀincludingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkers'πCompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanel'sMemorandumπOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsπoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference;  Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthatthememorandumπOpinionofthePanelshouldbeacceptedandapproved;and  Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanel'sfindingsofπfactsandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andπthedecisionofthePanelismadetheJudgmentoftheπCourt.  Costsonappealaretaxedtotheappellant,WilliamHerronandMichaelA.Anderson,surety,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. H  ?/*9 Ѐ03/18/99#XTmXXX5;##PXXTm1#pa 0+;