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Ԍ  " Ќ   XX@6 4DL!X!6' |DirectAppealfromtheChanceryCourtfor_Roane_ԀCounty   No.12,954FrankV.Williams,Chancellor    ____________________________ v          H+ 4 <DL!4X!H&     No.E199800780_WC_ԄR3CVMailedSeptember12,2000   ?Ԍ B  Ќ   FILED:OCTOBER17,2000 (x  __________________________________'B ^   $ !X!$  B+ 4 <DL!!B    ݌̌$ X!X!$    B+ 4 <DL!X!BThisworkerscompensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers  CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTennesseeCode  Annotated506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsof  factandconclusionsoflaw.Thetrialcourtfoundthesuitbarredbythestatueof r limitations,andgrantedsummaryjudgmentinfavortheCityofRockwoodand_TML_ X RiskManagementPool,PublicRiskServices,Inc.Weaffirm. >  B+ 4 <DL!X!B         ݌̌$ X!X!$    B+ 4 <DL!X!B          %  Tenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(1999)AppealasofRight%;Judgmentofthe @ %  %ChanceryCourtisAffirmed.  ݌ & Ќ     HowellN.Peoples,Sp.J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhich%  %tWilliamm.  Barker,J.,and%  %L.Terry_Lafferty_,Sr.J.,joined.       ThomasF._Mabry_,Knoxville,Tennessee,fortheappellant,Ronald_Devaney_ :#!      B+ 4 <DL!X!B      JohnT._Batson_,Jr.,Knoxville,Tennessee,fortheAppellee,CityofRockwoodand_TML_ %V # RiskManagementPool,PublicRiskServices,Inc.  r݌ %!% theMayorofRockwoodstating, Ihavenowbeencertifiedpermanentlydisabled.This &$"& letterfollowedanAugust6,1995visitwithhistreatingphysician. %R&݌ ' #' Ќ  $ X!X!$     B+ 4 <DL!X!B   i(   i((݌̌  $ X!X!$     B+ 4 <DL!X!B   F)   4 DevaneyappliedforVeteransAdministrationbenefitsonAugust9,1995;social )$) securitydisabilitybenefitsonAugust14,1995;andworkerscompensationbenefitson l*%* August25,1995. F))݌ R+&+    $ X!X!$     B+ 4 <DL!X!B   .+   .++݌ 8,', Ќ  $ X!X!$   X    ,  OnOctober8,1996,hefiledacomplaintintheRoaneCountyChanceryCourtfor   workerscompensationbenefitsbasedonoccupationaldisease.,x,݌  Ќ   X   X    -  -.݌ | Ќ   X   X    .  ..݌ b Ќ   X  XXXX      & d d/  StandardOfReviewd//  /Ԍ H Ќ  XXXX   4 Asthiscaseisanappealfromagrantofsummaryjudgment,ourreviewis . ~ controlledbythestandardestablishedinTenn.R.Civ.P.56.Thus,thereisno  d presumptionofthecorrectnessofthetrialcourtsfindings.McCannv.Hatchett,19  J S.W.3d218,219(Tenn.2000)citingCarvellv.Bottoms,900S.W.2d23,26(Tenn.  0 1995).'dH/     4 Weareobligedtoconstruetheevidenceinthelightmostfavorabletothenon   movingparty.Brydv.Hall,847S.W.2d208,21011(Tenn.1993).Further,summary x  judgmentshouldonlybegrantedwhenareasonablepersoncouldonlyreachone ^  conclusioninconsideringthefactsandtheinferencestobedrawnfromthosefacts. D  McCann,19S.W.3dat219citingCarvell,9000S.W.2dat26. *z  XXXX      & J j4  Discussionj44  4Ԍ , Ќ  XXXX         u5   4 TheissueiswhetherMr.Devaneycompliedwiththeappropriatestatuteof  limitationsinfilinghisaction.Theapplicablestatuteoflimitationsforclaimsof  occupationaldiseaseissetforthinTenn.CodeAnn.506306(a)asbeingoneyear  fromthebeginningoftheincapacitytoworkresultingfromtheoccupationaldisease.In t Ingramv.AetnaCas.andSur.Co.,876S.W.2d91,95(Tenn.1995),itwasheldthat:u55  5Ԍ Z Ќ      'J4    9" <DLX!9[t]hestatuteoflimitationsbeginstorunonadisability &v claimwhentheemployeehasknowledge,actualor  \ constructive,thathehasanoccupationaldiseasewhich B injuriouslyaffectshiscapacitytoworktoadegree ( amountingtoacompensabledisability.(citing  ConsolidatedCoalCo.v.Pride,452S.W.2d349,353  (Tenn.1970).)       E+ 4 <DL!  XLE       & J D;   4 Mr.Devaneyhadactualknowledgethathesufferedfromapermanentdisability V"! inAugust1995.Thisknowledgeisevidencedbythefollowingthingsthathappenedin <#" August1995:hislettertotheMayorofRockwood;hisapplicationforVeterans "$r# Administrationbenefitsbasedonapermanentdisability;hisapplicationforsocial %X $ securitydisabilitybenefitsduetoapermanentdisability;andhisapplicationforworkers %>!% compensationbenefitsbasedonaclaimofpermanentdisability.D;;  x;Ԍ &$"& Ќ    'JV";       & ~ >   4 WithknowledgeofhisoccupationaldiseaseattributedtoMr.DevaneyinAugust (#( 1995,hehaduntilAugust1996tofilehiscomplaint.HiscomplaintwasfiledonOctober )$) 8,1996.Therefore,Mr.Devaneyfailedtocomplywiththeapplicablestatuteof l*%* limitations,andhisclaimisbarred.>?  >Ԍ R+&+      '~(> 8,',          &