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‹XÓM€E€M€O€R€A€N€D€U€M€€€€O€P€I€N€I€O€NóóÌÌÌÌÌòòMembers€of€Panelóó:ÌÌFrank€F.€Drowota,€III,€Associate€Justice,€Supreme€CourtÌWilliam€H.€Inman,€Senior€JudgeÌJoe€C.€Loser,€Jr.,€Special€JudgeÌÔ'  ÔÌÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓÌÌÌÌÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓÌÓ  ÓREVERSED€AND€DISMISSED€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Loser,ÏJudgeÓ ¹ ÓÌòòÓ H¡ÓÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓMEMORANDUM€OPINIONóóÌÓš™ÓÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓà àà àThis€workers'€compensation€appeal€has€been€referred€to€theÏSpecial€Workers'€Compensation€Appeals€Panel€of€the€Supreme€Court€inÏaccordance€with€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€section€50„6„225(e)(3)€for€hearing€andÏreporting€of€findings€of€fact€and€conclusions€of€law.€€In€this€appeal,€theÏemployer€contends€(1)€the€claim€is€barred€by€the€applicable€statute€ofÏlimitations,€(2)€the€trial€court€erred€by€setting€aside€a€previously€approvedÏsettlement€and€(3)€the€trial€court€erred€in€admitting€certain€evidence.€€TheÏpanel€has€concluded€the€claim€is€time€barred.Ìà àà àThe€employee€or€claimant,€Wadey€Johns,€suffered€aÏcompensable€injury€to€her€thumbs€and€received€the€medical€and€temporaryÏtotal€disability€benefits€to€which€she€was€entitled€under€the€Workmen'ÏCompensation€Act.€€After€returning€to€work,€she€negotiated,€without€theÏassistance€of€counsel,€to€settle€her€claim€for€future€medical€and€permanentÏpartial€disability€benefits.€€On€February€18,€1992€she€petitioned,€jointly€withÏthe€employer,€the€circuit€court€to€approve€a€settlement.Ìà àà àThe€petition€she€signed€said,€among€other€things,€"...that€saidÍsettlement€is€in€substantial€accord€with€the€Tennessee€Workers'ÏCompensation€Law€and€is€in€the€best€interest€of€the€plaintiff."€€TheÏsettlement€provided€the€claimant€would€receive,€in€addition€to€those€benefitsÏalready€received€by€her,€$3,263.94€in€permanent€partial€disability€benefitsÏand€an€additional€$3,236.06€for€her€future€medical€benefits,€in€a€lump€sum.€ÏThe€settlement€was€approved€the€same€day€by€Judge€Wilson,€who€expresslyÏfound€the€settlement€to€be€in€the€best€interest€of€the€claimant.Ìà àà àMore€than€one€year€and€five€months€later,€on€July€29,€1993,€theÏclaimant€filed€a€"Petition€to€Set€Aside€Judgment,"€wherein€she€averred€theÏemployer€was€guilty€of€"fraud€and€gross€misrepresentation"€in€procuring€theÏsettlement.€€The€particular€facts€and€circumstances€constituting€fraud€andÏmisrepresentation€were€not€stated.€€After€an€evidential€hearing,€JudgeÏWilson€granted€the€petition€on€the€ground€of€mutual€mistake€of€fact.€€AfterÏan€oral€hearing€on€April€11,€Judge€Jenkins€awarded€additional€benefits.Ìà àà àThe€claimant€contended€then€and€now€that€such€action€wasÏauthorized€by€Tenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€60.02€and€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€section€50„6„231.Ñ  ÑÑ   ÑÑ  ÑÑ€& §u` Ñ× ƒ+ ××  ×€€By€Rule€60.02× ƒ, ××  ×,€a€motion€for€relief€from€a€final€judgment€groundedÍon€mistake,€fraud€or€misrepresentation€must€be€made€not€more€than€oneÏyear€after€entry€of€the€judgment€from€which€relief€is€sought.€€Since€thisÏpetition€was€not€timely€filed,€it€is€time€barred€under€the€rule,€unless€theÏstatute€allows€more€time.€€It€does€not.Ìà àà àMoreover,€Tenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€7.02× ƒ. ××  ×€requires€that€an€applicationÏfor€relief€under€Rule€60.02€state€with€particularity€the€grounds€therefor;€andÏTenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€9.02× ƒ/ ××  ×€requires€that€in€all€averments€of€fraud€or€mistake,Ïthe€circumstances€constituting€fraud€or€mistake€be€stated€with€particularity.€ÏRules€7.02€and€9.02€are€mandatory€as€a€prerequisite€to€invoking€theÏjurisdiction€of€the€trial€judge€to€exercise€his€discretion€in€granting€orÏrefusing€the€extraordinary€relief€of€disturbing€the€finality€of€a€judgment€onÏthe€ground€of€mistake,€fraud€or€misrepresentation.€€See€òòHopkins€v.€Hopkinsóó,Ï572€€S.W.2d€€639€(Tenn.€1978).Ìà àà àAdditionally,€the€panel€has€independently€examined€the€recordÏand€finds€the€evidence€preponderates€against€a€finding€of€mutual€mistake€ofÏfact.€€For€all€the€above€reasons,€the€panel€concludes€the€trial€court€erred€inÏsetting€aside€the€previously€approved€settlement.Ìà àà àSome€time€after€the€court€approved€the€above€settlement,€theÏclaimant€commenced€a€separate€action€for€benefits€for€medical€care€andÏdisability€benefits€resulting€from€work€related€carpal€tunnel€syndrome.€ÏThat€action€was€voluntarily€dismissed€on€February€27,€1995.€€At€the€hearingÏon€the€Rule€60€motion€on€April€11,€1996,€the€claimant€was€allowed€toÏamend€her€motion€to€include€a€separate€claim€for€those€benefits.€€BecauseÏthe€injury€must€necessarily€have€occurred€more€than€one€year€before€theÏdate€of€the€amendment,€it€is€barred€by€the€one€year€statute€of€limitations.Ìà àà àBecause€the€panel€has€concluded€the€matter€must€be€dismissed€asÏbeing€time€barred€and€for€lack€of€subject€matter€jurisdiction,€the€third€issue,Ïattacking€the€admissibility€of€evidence,€is€pretermitted.€€The€judgment€of€theÏtrial€court€is€reversed€and€vacated,€and€the€claimant's€"Petition€to€Set€AsideÏJudgment"€is€dismissed.€€Costs€on€appeal€are€taxed€to€the€plaintiff„appellee.Ó *bÓÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓ_______________________________Ó ÓÌÓ  Ó€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Joe€C.€Loser,€Jr.,€JudgeÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓCONCUR:ÌÌ_________________________________ÌFrank€F.€Drowota,€III,€Associate€JusticeÌÌ______________________________ÌWilliam€H.€Inman,€Senior€JudgeÌÇÔ€0ÔÌà@ àIN€THE€SUPREME€COURT€OF€TENNESSEEÌÌà@ àAT€KNOXVILLEÌÌWADEY€A€JOHNS,à àà à€€€)Hamblen€CircuitÌà àPlaintiff„Appellee,€)Ìv.à àà àà àà àà à€€€)NO.€92„CV„093à àà àà àà àà àà à€€€€€€€€€€€Ï)€NO.€03„S„01„9609„CV„HOWMET€CORPORATION,€€€€€€)€Hon.ÏWilliamJenkins,Judge€€€€€€€Defendant„Appellant.Ï)Reversed€and€dismissed.ÌÌÌà@ àòòJUDGMENT€ORDERóóÌÓÓà àà àThis€case€is€before€the€Court€upon€motion€forÏreview€pursuant€to€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€50„6„225(e)(5)(B),€the€entire€record,€including€the€orderÏof€referral€to€the€Special€Workers'€CompensationÏAppeals€Panel,€and€the€Panel's€Memorandum€OpinionÏsetting€forth€its€findings€of€fact€and€conclusions€ofÏlaw,€which€are€incorporated€herein€by€reference;Ìà àà àWhereupon,€it€appears€to€the€Court€that€theÏmotion€for€review€is€not€well„taken€and€should€beÏdenied;€andÌà àà àIt€is,€therefore,€ordered€that€the€Panel'sÏfindings€of€fact€and€conclusions€of€law€are€adoptedÏand€affirmed,€and€the€decision€of€the€Panel€is€madeÏthe€judgment€of€the€Court.Ìà àà àCosts€are€taxed€to€the€plaintiff„appellee€andÏexecution€may€issue€if€necessary.ÌÌà àà àIt€is€so€ordered€this€_____€day€ofÏ_____________,€1997.ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àPER€CURIAMÌDrowota,€J.,€not€participatingà@ àÔ€ÔÓš™ÓÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌ