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($$   1  X[Z&OLE 2.0 Box <=8C HKKKK !  _  INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  SPECIALWORKERSCOMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANEL  ATNASHVILLE | +@XX February2000Session b   MERLINGENE_CLETCHER_Ԁv.WALMARTSTORES,INC.  . ~   DirectAppealfromtheChanceryCourtforMaconCounty  J No.2247Honorable_C.K._ԀSmith,Chancellor  0 _________________________    M199800011_WC_ԄR3CVMailedOctober24,2000 x  FiledNovember28,2000 ^   0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#_________________________0(#(#D (#(# ThisworkerscompensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkersCompensation ` AppealsPanelinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.Section506225(e)(3)forhearingand F reportingfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw.Theemployer,WalMart,contendsthetrial , courterredwhenitheld1)thatDr.DanJacksonstreatmentofPlaintiffsworkerscompensation  injurywasreasonableandnecessary,2)thatDr.Jackson,achiropractor,wasandshouldremain  anauthorizedprovider,and3)thatDefendantshouldpayforallfuturemedicalrelatedcharges  thatDr.Jacksondeemsreasonableandnecessaryforthetreatmentofthecompensableinjury t whichisthesubjectofthisaction.Aftercarefulreviewoftherecord,itistheopinionofthis Z Panelthatthedecisionofthetrialcourtshouldbeaffirmed. @  Tenn.R.App.P.3;JudgmentofthetrialcourtAFFIRMED.  \  _Gayden_,Sp.J.,deliveredtheopinionofthePanel,inwhich_Drowota_,J.andLoser,Sp.J.joined. ( JeffreyP.BoydandB._Chadwick_Ԁ_Rickman_,Allen,_Kopet_Ԁ&Boyd,Jackson,Tennesseeforthe  Appellant,WalMartStores,Inc.   E.Guy_Holliman_ԀandWilliamJosephButler,Farrar&_Holliman_,Lafayette,Tennesseeforthe V"! Appellee,MerlinGene_Cletcher_. <#"   OPINION  %>!%  OnFebruary24,1991,Plaintiff/AppelleeMerlin_Cletcher_Ԁsufferedacompensableinjurytohis ' #' neckandshoulderareaarisingoutofandwithinthecourseandscopeofhisemploymentat (#( Defendant/AppellantWalMart.OnMarch3,1994,thetrialcourtissuedanOrderawarding )$) Appellee17%permanentpartialdisabilitybenefitstothebodyasawhole.Further,thetrial l*%* courtorderedAppellanttopayAppelleesfuturereasonableandnecessarymedicalexpenses.At R+&+ thistime,Dr.DanJackson,achiropractor,wasandcontinuedtobeAppelleesapprovedtreating 8,', provider. -n(- ЇThepresentactionwascommencedinOctober1996whenAppelleefiledamotiontorequire  AppellantWalMarttoshowcauseastowhyithadnotpaidcertainmedicalexpensesincurred  byAppellee.AtaJanuary16,1998hearingontheissue,AppellantquestionedwhetherDr. | Jacksonstreatmentofthethoracicspineareawasreasonableandnecessaryforthetreatmentof b Appelleesoriginalcompensableinjurytotheneckandshoulder. H Asinstructedbythetrialcourt,Dr.JacksondraftedalettertoAppellantsinsurerexplainingwhy  d thetreatmentofthethoracicspineareawasreasonableandnecessaryforthetreatmentof  J Appelleescompensableinjury.Subsequently,byOrderofthetrialcourt,Appelleewas  0 examinedonOctober13,1998byDr.David_Dagen_,achiropractorretainedbytheinsurer.Ata    hearingheldonOctober29,1998,Dr._Dagen_ԀopinedthatsomeofDr.Jacksonstreatmentswere    forapreexistingcondition;healsoconceded,however,thatDr.Jacksonwasinabetterposition   tomakethatdetermination.Afterconsideringthedepositionsofbothdoctors,exhibits,and x  argumentsfromcounsel,thetrialcourtheldthatthechargesbilledtoAppellantbyDr.Jackson ^  werereasonableandnecessaryandrelatedtothetreatmentofAppelleescompensableinjury. D  ThetrialcourtalsoheldthatDr.Jacksonwasanauthorizedtreatingmedicalprovideranddidnot *z  findgoodcausetoremovehimassuchforAppelleescontinuingchiropracticneedsrelatedto ` thisworkinjury.Furthermore,thetrialcourtorderedAppellanttopayallfuturechargesbyDr. F Jacksonfoundtobereasonableandnecessaryandextendingfromtheoriginalworkers , compensationinjury.  Tenn.CodeAnn.Section506225(e)(2)instructsthat, Reviewoffindingsoffactbythetrial  courtshallbedenovoupontherecordofthetrialcourt,accompaniedbyapresumptionofthe t correctnessofthefinding,unlessthepreponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise. Z Aftercarefulreviewoftherecordandconsiderationtoargumentsfromcounsel,itistheopinion &v ofthisPanelthatthepreponderanceoftheevidencesupportsthetrialcourtsruling.Therefore,  \ thedecisionofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.CostsofthisappealaretaxedtoAppellant. B    `     h    `     h ________________________________________      `     h HAMILTONV._GAYDEN_,JR.,SPECIALJUDGE p!     V"! oXX8XXdd8  @@7 7 INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  SPECIALWORKERSCOMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANEL  #XXo# oXXMERLINGENE_CLETHER_v.WALMARTSTORES,INC.#XXo#   @@ ChanceryCourtforMaconCounty   @@No.2247   @@*AV) ` dE<K` A L  No.M199800011_WC_ԄR3CVFiledNovember28,2000 A  AV) ` dE< ` A  ]       oXX#XXo!#  JUDGMENT oXX#XXo#    oXX#XXo#oXX#XXo5#XXXX  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltothe  SpecialWorkersCompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanelsMemorandumOpinionsettingforth  itsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference. f   Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthattheMemorandumOpinionofthePanelshouldbe 2 acceptedandapproved;and h   Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanelsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadopted 4 andaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt.    Costswillbepaidbytheappellant,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary.    ITISSOORDERED. b      `     h     PERCURIAM #J$   #XXXXw#