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PݢP Ad   FILED@,ݢ   June30,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerk ,kAZ"Arial Regular(hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular PݢP Ad   FILED#Pݢ#@,P   June30,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerk  d%%%%'dxd(f3;$  T!XXX(hXXX   'dxd-C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd-:M << deUULevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(n$ (  1  )  T!XXX(hXXX   TR[A'3'A' Legal3'T8  & 38   <( ` hp x (#X<vXX(hv  INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  SPECIALWORKERS'COMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANEL l *6&"h 8 `E tt06 l ## ATKNOXVILLE(October29,1998Session)  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?BRETTKILGORE h     ) p SULLIVAN     ## `     h       )   p  CHANCERY    `     h     ) ` PlaintiffAppellee,    ) p Hon.RichardLadd,    `     h     ) p Chancellor. 4 v. `     h     ) J  `     h     ) p No.03S019805CH00047 ` TENNESSEEDISTRIBUTION,  ) &v INC., `     h     ) <  `     h     ) ` DefendantAppellant.    ) h ForAppellant:   h      p   ForAppellee: & StevenB.Johnson h      p     MichaelE.Large "R K.O.Herston   h      p   Bristol,Tennessee #h Butler,Vines&BabbKnoxville,Tennessee  <( ` hp x (#X<MEMORANDUMOPINION )$" MembersofPanel:  /Z*' AdolphoA.Birch,Jr.,AssociateJusticeWilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudgeJoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?  <( ` hp x (#X<  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?AFFIRMED   h      9651  `     h   Loser,Judge {:L627   <( ` hp x (#X<MEMORANDUMOPINION  '  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?   ` Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.section506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw.Theappellantinsists"thetrialcourtabusedhisdiscretionwhenitallowedtheplaintifftoreopenhisproofafterfinaljudgmentwasenteredagainstplaintiff."Theappelleeinsiststhe"defendanthaswaivedtheissueitnowpresentsforappellatereview,duetothefactthatdefendantfailedtomaketheappropriateobjectionatthetrialcourtlevel."Asdiscussedbelow,thepanelhasconcludedthejudgmentshouldbeaffirmed. { `  ` OnApril19,1993,theemployeeorclaimant,Kilgore,sufferedaworkrelatedaccidentalinjuryatwork.Hefiledacomplaintaverringhesufferedfromreflexsympatheticdystrophysyndromebecauseoftheaccident,sevenrequestsforproductionofdocumentsandtwentyfourinterrogatoriesintheChanceryCourtforSullivanCountyonNovember23,1993.OnFebruary8,1994,theemployerfileditsansweradmittingtheworkrelatedaccident,butdenyingthattheclaimant'smedicalconditionwascausallyconnectedtotheaccident. `  ` OnNovember21,1995,overtwoandonehalfyearsaftertheaccident,theclaimantfiledanamendedcomplaint,averringthesamething,butalsoclaiminganinjuryinSeptemberof1992.OnAugust16,1996,anorderofreadinesswasenteredsettingthecasefortrialonOctober16,1996.Twodaysbeforescheduledtrialdate,thedefendantansweredtheamendedcomplaintbyassertingthattheclaimwastimebarredtotheextentthattheplaintiffwasseekingbenefitsfortheSeptember,1992injury. `  ` ThecasewasactuallytriedonNovember16,1996.Thechancellorfoundthatthe1992claimwastimebarred,thattheplaintiffhadfailedtoestablishthathesufferedacompensableworkrelatedpermanentinjuryinthe1993accident, 8Q3> butthathewastemporarilyandtotallydisabledfromMay19,1993toSeptember7,1993andthathewouldretainapermanentpartialdisabilityoffifteenpercenttothebodyasawhole.Thelasttwofindingswerecontingentuponreversalonappeal.Fromtherecord,briefsandarguments,itappearsthechancellorwaslessthansatisfiedwiththeplaintiff'smedicalproofofcausation. `  ` TheplaintifffiledatimelyTenn.R.Civ.P.59motionseekinganewtrialbasedonnewlydiscoveredevidence,supportedbyanaffidavitfromthetreatingphysicianthathehadfailedtotestifyastoacausalconnectionbetweentheplaintiff'spermanentimpairmentandthe1993workrelatedaccidentbecauseofamisplacedofficenote.Themotionwasgrantedandtheplaintiffallowedtopresentthedoctor'scorrectedtestimony.Theemployercontendsitwasanabuseofdiscretion. `  ` InFreemanv.VFCorp.,675S.W.2d710(Tenn.1984),aworkers' ~ compensationcaseinwhichatrialjudgerefusedtograntanewtrialonthebasisofnewlydiscoveredevidence,wherethephysicianhadreevaluatedtheinjuredworkerandchangedhisopinion,ourSupremeCourtaffirmedthetrialcourt,butmadethefollowingobservation:0 `  Wearenotholding,ifatrialjudgeshouldbemovedbysuch"newlydiscoveredevidence"tograntanewtrialwhilethecaseremainedinthebosomofthecourtasintheinstantcase,thatitwouldbeerror,butwedoholdthathisfailuretodosodoesnotconstitutereversibleerror....Idat712.'*w%.` #` # 0 `   ` #` #  ` Moreover,itappearsfromtherecordthatthereopeningoftheproofbythechancellorservedjustice,ratherthanpermittinginjustice.Thus,wehaveconcludedthechancellordidnotabusehisdiscretionunderthepresentcircumstances.Thequestionofwhetherthedefendantwaiveditsobjectionisthereforemoot. `  ` ThejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmedandthecaseremandedtotheChanceryCourtforSullivanCounty.Costsonappealaretaxedtothe 8 4@ defendantappellant. `  ` rA  <( ` hp x (#X<_______________________________ rA  ӀJoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?CONCUR:_________________________________AdolphoA.Birch,Jr.,AssociateJustice_________________________________WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudge   " ` TR[A' Legal[A'A' LegalA' LegalTn*8($hxR `E{tt068n ` ` ` #` #@ INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE@11#ATKNOXVILLE    h      p          h      p  J   ` #` #` `   ,    `   `     h      p   BRETTKILGORE,    )SULLIVANcCHANCERY (#  v      h      񀀀)  p     CHANCERY    h     ) p No.13263(L)   8Ҁ PlaintiffAppellee,  ) p      x  XX        h     )    0  0h8"8"0h8"h8"08"8") p No.03S019805CH00047 @! 48"8" v.    h   0  )J8"8"     h     ! p      x !)    h   "")TENNESSEEDISTRIBUTION,.# p #$񀀀$)0 p RichardLadd x   @  @  @ <p8"p8" INC.    h     ) p Chancellor R     h     ) Defendantappellant.  % p %񀀀) ~     h JUDGMENTORDER ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanel'smemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference; Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthatthememorandumOpinionofthePanelshouldbeacceptedandapproved;and Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanel'sfindingsoffactsandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmedandthedecisionofthePanelismadetheJudgmentoftheCourt. CostsonappealaretaxedtotheAppellant,Tennessee 7 36 Distribution,Inc.andStevenB.Johnson,surety,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary.̀06/30/99#"# 61.