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ÒBoston,€Bates€&€Holtà àà àPulaski,€TN€38478à àà àLeitner,€Williams,€DooleyÏP.€O.€Box€357à àà àà à(on€appeal)à àà àà àà à&ÏNapolitanà àLawrenceburg,€TN€38464à àà àà àà àà àà à2300€FirstÏAmerican€Ctr.à àà àà àà àà àRoger€N.€Hayes€à àà àNashville,ÏTN€37238à àà àà àà àà àP.€O.€Box€409Ìà àà àà àà àà àPulaski,€TN€38478Ìà àà àà àà àà à(at€trial)ÌÌÌÌÌÌò òòòÓ  ÓM€E€M€O€R€A€N€D€U€M€€€O€P€I€N€I€O€Nóóó óÌÌÌÌò òòòMembers€of€Panel:ÌÌó óóóChief€Justice€Adolpho€A.€Birch,€Jr.ÌSenior€Judge€John€K.€ByersÌSpecial€Judge€Joe€C.€Loser,€Jr.ÌÓ  ÓÌÌÌÌÌò òÌÌAFFIRMEDà àà àà àà àà àà àà àBYERS,€Senior€JudgeÌÓÓó óà àThis€workers'€compensation€appeal€has€been€referred€to€the€Special€Workers'ÏCompensation€Appeals€Panel€of€the€Supreme€Court€in€accordance€with€Tenn.€CodeÏAnn.€ðð€50„6„225(e)(3)€for€hearing€and€reporting€to€the€Supreme€Court€of€findings€ofÏfact€and€conclusions€of€law.€Ìà àThe€plaintiff€originally€claimed€injury€to€the€œright€Ô% € Ôarm€while€working€at€La€DelÏManufacturing€Company€and€injury€to€or€aggravation€of€a€pre„existing€injury€to€the›€leftÏarm€at€her€later€employment€at€McDonalds€of€Lawrenceburg.€€The€two€cases€wereÏconsolidated€for€trial,€and€the€trial€court€dismissed€the€second€employer€after€theÏhearing.€€€€Plaintiff€was€awarded€35%€permanent€partial€disability€to€each€upperÏextremity,€and€the€first€employer€was€found€liable€for€both€injuries.Ìà àWe€affirm€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court.Ìà àOn€February€7,€1992,€Plaintiff€banged€her€right€hand€on€a€chair€while€workingÏat€La€Del€Manufacturing€Company.€€She€continued€to€work€for€La€Del,€using€her€leftÏhand€to€perform€tasks€previously€performed€by€the€right€or€with€both€hands,€untilÍMarch€3,€1992.€œThere€is€no€contest€concerning€the€injury€to€the€plaintiffððs€right€arm.›Ìà àOn€March€15,€1992€she€saw€Dr.€Kenneth€L.€Moore,€whose€deposition€indicatesÏparesthesia€in€òòboth€óóhands.€€On€April€22,€1992,€she€underwent€surgical€release€due€toÏcarpal€tunnel€syndrome€on€the€right.€€On€May€27,€1992,€when€she€returned€to€theÏsurgeon€for€post„surgical€follow„up€care,€she€complained€of€tingling€in€her€left€hand.Ìà àIn€November€of€1993,€plaintiff€obtained€a€job€at€McDonalds€through€a€programÏwhich€hires€handicapped€workers.€€McDonalds€placed€her€in€various€jobs€in€an€effortÏto€accommodate€her€limitations.€€Plaintiff€testified€that€she€continued€to€experienceÏpain€whenever€she€tried€to€do€anything€with€the€left€hand.€€Ìà àAfter€a€leg€injury€at€McDonalds€unrelated€to€the€case€at€bar,€plaintiff€wasÏunsuccessful€in€her€efforts€to€get€appropriate€work€limitation€documentation€forÏMcDonalds€from€her€doctor.€€When€McDonalds€withheld€her€return€to€work€pendingÏreceipt€of€the€required€release,€she€went€to€work€at€Hardees,€and€later€at€Shoneys.Ìà àOn€June€16,€1994,€plaintiff€had€carpal€tunnel€surgery€on€the€left€hand.Ìà àœDr.›€Moore€opined€when€deposed€that€plaintiff€sustained€no€additional€medicalÏimpairment€as€a€result€of€her€job€at€McDonalds.€€However,€he€was€unwilling€to€assertÏwith€a€reasonable€degree€of€medical€certainty€that€her€job€at€La€Del€resulted€inÏoveruse€syndrome€which€caused€the€carpal€tunnel€problem€in€her€left€œhand;€at€most,Ïhe€said€it€was€possible€that€the€overuse€was€the€cause€of€the€left€arm€problem.€Ì€à àThe€plaintiff€was€seen€by€Dr.€Davidson,€an€associate€of€Dr.€Moore.€€Dr.ÏDavidsonððs€notes,€which€were€entered€througyh€Dr.€Moore,€assert€the€left€arm€injuryÏwas€probably€caused€by€overuse€of€the€left€arm€at€La€Del€after€the€right€arm€injury.€›Ìà àDr.€Robert€Cochran,€neurologist,€was€unable€to€do€more€than€speculate€aboutÍwhether€her€left€hand€problem€was€caused€by€œoveruse›€when€the€right€was€injured.Ìà àVarious€witnesses€testified€on€plaintiffððs€behalf,€corroborating€her€contentionÏthat€both€hands€were€swollen€and€that€she€complained€of€pain€in€both€hands€whileÏworking€at€La€Del.Ìà àOur€review€of€the€findings€of€fact€made€by€the€trial€court€is€òòde€novoóó€upon€theÏrecord€of€the€trial€court,€accompanied€by€a€presumption€of€the€correctness€of€theÏfinding,€unless€the€preponderance€of€the€evidence€is€otherwise.€€òòTenn.€Code€Ann.€ððóóÏ50„6„225(e)(2).€€òòStone€v.€City€of€McMinnville,€óó896€S.W.2d€584€(Tenn.€œ1991).Ì›à àIt€is€entirely€appropriate€for€a€trial€judge€to€predicate€an€award€on€medicalÏtestimony€to€the€effect€that€a€given€incident€ððcould€beðð€the€cause€of€the€plaintiffððs€injury,Ïwhen€he€also€has€before€him€lay€testimony€from€which€it€may€reasonably€be€inferredÏthat€the€accident€was€in€fact€the€cause€of€the€injury.ðð€€òòOrman€v.€Williams€Sonoma,€Inc.,Ïóó803€S.W.2d€672€(Tenn.€œ1991).Ìà 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