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Ô€Ô€¼Ô€€€€)ÌÌÌÌòòFor€Appellantóó:€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€òòFor€Appellee:óóÌÌS.€Roger€York€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€David€J.€DemingÌCrossville,€Tennessee€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Manier,€Herod,€Hollabaugh€&ÏSmithòòÌóóÌÌÌòòÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓM€E€M€O€R€A€N€D€U€M€€€€O€P€I€N€I€O€NóóÌÌÌÌÌòòMembers€of€Panelóó:ÌÌE.€Riley€Anderson,€Associate€Justice,€Supreme€CourtÌRoger€E.€Thayer,€Special€JudgeÌJoe€C.€Loser,€Jr.,€Special€JudgeÌÌÔ'  ÔÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓÌÌÌÌÌÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓÌÓ  ÓAFFIRMED€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Loser,ÏJudgeÓ ¹ ÓÌòòÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓMEMORANDUM€OPINIONóóÓ rAÓÌÓ€ÓÓ ÂÓÓ  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,€theÏemployee,€Wilson,€contends€the€evidence€preponderates€against€the€trialÏcourt's€finding€that€his€injury€did€not€arise€out€of€the€employment.€€ThisÏpanel€affirms€the€trial€court.Ìà àà àThe€employee€or€claimant€worked€for€the€employer,€Burgess,Ïas€a€log€skidder€operator.€€On€May€29,€1994,€at€approximately€12:30€p.m.,Ïthe€claimant€lost€consciousness€and€became€incontinent.€€When€he€regainedÏconsciousness,€he€told€his€employer€he€was€ill€and€needed€to€go€home.€€In€hisÏcomplaint,€he€claims€his€condition€was€caused€by€a€faulty€exhaust€system€onÏthe€skidder€he€was€operating.€€It€is€undisputed€the€exhaust€system€on€theÏskidder€he€had€been€operating€was€faulty.€€The€defective€part€has€since€beenÏreplaced.€€The€skidder€did€not€have€a€closed€compartment€for€the€operator.Ìà àà àAlthough€a€toxicologist€diagnosed€brain€damage€caused€byÍcarbon€monoxide€poisoning,€tests€on€the€skidder€produced€carbon€monoxideÏreadings€below€the€OSHA€limit€of€no€more€than€fifty€parts€per€million€forÏan€eight€hour€exposure.€€A€sample€taken€at€two€feet€from€the€end€of€theÏexhaust€pipe€showed€thirty€parts€per€million€and€one€taken€sitting€in€theÏoperator's€seat,€with€a€slit€in€the€piece€of€flexible€pipe€that€had€a€hole€in€it,Ïshowed€two€parts€per€million.Ìà àà àMoreover,€another€medical€expert€opined€those€levels€wereÏinsufficient€to€cause€brain€damage€to€an€operator€in€an€open€seat.€€Dr.ÏMyron€L.€Mills,€an€occupational€medicine€specialist,€further€opined€theÏclaimant's€injury€was€the€result€of€a€non„work„related€seizure.Ìà àà àThe€trial€judge€dismissed€the€claim€for€insufficient€proof€ofÏcausation.€€Appellate€review€is€de€novo€upon€the€record€of€the€trial€court,Ïaccompanied€by€a€presumption€of€correctness€of€the€findings€of€fact,€unlessÏthe€preponderance€of€the€evidence€is€otherwise.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€sectionÏ50„6„225(e)(2).Ìà àà àAn€accidental€injury€arises€out€of€one's€employment€when€thereÏis€apparent€to€the€rational€mind,€upon€a€consideration€of€all€theÏcircumstances,€a€causal€connection€between€the€conditions€under€which€theÏwork€is€required€to€be€performed€and€the€resulting€injury.€€òòFink€v.€Caudleóó,Ï856€€S.W.2d€€952€(Tenn.€1993).€€Ordinarily,€causation€may€only€beÏestablished€by€expert€medical€testimony;€and€the€trial€judge€has€theÏdiscretion€to€determine€which€expert€medical€testimony€to€accept€and€whichÏto€reject.€€òòKellerman€v.€Food€Lion,€Inc.óó,€929€€S.W.2d€€333€(Tenn.€1996).Ìà àà àFrom€our€independent€examination€of€the€record€and€aÏconsideration€of€applicable€doctrines,€we€cannot€say€the€evidenceÍpreponderates€against€the€findings€of€the€trial€court.€€The€judgment€of€theÏtrial€court€is€accordingly€affirmed.€€Costs€on€appeal€are€taxed€to€theÏplaintiff„appellant.Ó *bÓÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ` ‹XÓ_______________________________Ó ÓÌÓ  Ó€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€Joe€C.€Loser,€Jr.,€JudgeÌÓ  ÓÓ ` ŒXÓCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌ_________________________________ÌE.€Riley€Anderson,€Associate€JusticeÌÌÌÌ_________________________________ÌRoger€E.€Thayer,€JudgeÌÑ€/ÑÇÒ  ÒÒ 8 Òà àÌà àà àIN€THE€SUPREME€COURT€OF€TENNESSEEÌÓÓ€€€€€€€€€€Ìà à€à à€€€€€€€€€à àà àAT€KNOXVILLEÌÌÌÒ S ÒÒ 8 ÒDANNY€E.€WILSON,€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€)€€€€€€€€€CUMBERLANDÏCHANCERY€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€)€€€€€€€€€€€ÏNO.7887„10„94€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€à à€€€€€€à àPlaintiff/Appellantà àà à€€€€€€€€€€€€)à à€à àÌà àà àà àà àà àà à€)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à€)à àHon.€Vernon€Neal€à àÌvs.à àà àà àà àà àà 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