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àRobert€M.€ShelorÌAttorney€General€and€Reporterà àà àKristi€D.€McKinneyÌà àà àà àà àà àà àKennerly,€Montgomery€&€Finley,€P.C.ÌDianne€Stamey€Dycusà àà àà à4th€Floor,€Nationsbank€CenterÌSenior€Counselà àà àà àà àP.O.€Box€442ÌCivil€Divisionà àà àà àà àà àKnoxville,€TN€€37901Ì425€Fifth€Avenue€Northà àà àÌ2nd€Floor,€Cordell€Hull€BuildingÌNashville,€TN€€37243„0499ò òòòÌÌóóó óÌÌÌÓ  Óò òòòÌM€E€M€O€R€A€N€D€U€M€€€€O€P€I€N€I€O€Nóóó óÌÌò òòòMembers€of€Panel:ÌÌó óóóChief€Justice€E.€Riley€AndersonÌSenior€Judge€John€K.€ByersÌSpecial€Judge€Roger€E.€ThayerÌÓ  ÓÌÌÌÌÌÔ% € ÔÌÌMODIFIED€and€AFFIRMEDà àà àà àà àBYERS,€Senior€JudgeÌÌÓ  ÓÓÓòòò òOPINIONó óóóÌÓ  Óà àThis€workers'€compensation€appeal€has€been€referred€to€the€SpecialÏWorkers'€Compensation€Appeals€Panel€of€the€Supreme€Court€in€accordance€withÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€50„6„225(e)(3)€for€hearing€and€reporting€to€the€Supreme€CourtÏof€findings€of€fact€and€conclusions€of€law.€Ìà àReview€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€theÏfindings,€unless€the€preponderance€of€the€evidence€is€otherwise.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€Ïðð€50„6„225(e)(2);€òòStone€v.€City€of€McMinnville,€óó896€S.W.2d€548,€550€(Tenn.€1995).€ÌThe€application€of€this€standard€requires€this€Court€to€weigh€in€more€depth€theÏfactual€findings€and€conclusions€of€the€trial€court€in€a€workersðð€compensation€case.€ÏòòSee€Corcoran€v.€Foster€Auto€GMC,€Inc.,€óó746€S.W.2d€452,€456€(Tenn.€1988).Ìà àWe€find€the€record€supports€the€finding€that€the€plaintiff€is€permanently€andÏtotally€disabled.€€We€modify€the€apportionment€of€liability€between€the€employer€andÏthe€Second€Injury€Fund.× ƒ/ ××  ×Ìà àThe€trial€court€found€the€plaintiff€was€injured€within€the€scope€of€hisÏemployment€with€the€defendant€on€June€17,€1994.€€The€plaintiff€had€two€previousÏcompensable€injuries.€€On€June€6,€1983,€he€was€found€to€have€a€60€percentÏdisability€to€the€body€as€a€whole,€and€on€October€8,€1993,€he€was€found€to€have€aÏ7.5€percent€disability€as€a€result€of€an€injury.Ìà àThe€trial€judge€found€the€plaintiff€was€totally€and€permanently€disabled€fromÏwork€following€the€injury€of€June€17,€1994€(this€case).€€Further,€the€trial€court€found,Ïand€the€record€shows,€the€plaintiff€met€three€out€of€four€requirements€for€Tenn.€CodeÏAnn.€ðð€50„6„242,€which€would€permit€the€trial€court€to€exceed€the€multiplier€caps€ofÏthe€statute€and€award€recovery€for€400€weeks.€€In€this€case,€however,€the€trial€courtÏfound€the€plaintiff€was€entitled€to€receive€benefits€until€age€65€under€the€provisionsÏof€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€50„6„207(4).Ìà àIn€fixing€the€disability€between€the€employer€and€the€Second€Injury€Fund,€theÏtrial€court€found€that€the€employer€was€liable€for€32.5€percent€of€the€injury€to€theÏplaintiff€and€the€Second€Injury€Fund€was€liable€for€67.5€percent.€€At€the€time€theÏjudgment€was€entered,€the€number€of€weeks€until€the€plaintiff€reached€age€65€wasÏ1,344€weeks.€€The€trial€court€held€the€employerððs€liability€would€be€limited€to€32.5Ïpercent€of€400€weeks€and€the€Second€Injury€Fund€would€be€liable€for€the€remainingÏ67.5€percent€of€the€total€number€of€weeks.Ìà àThere€is€little€dispute€about€the€medical€evidence€in€this€case.€€The€significantÏtestimony€is€by€a€treating€orthopedic€surgeon€who€found€the€plaintiff€suffered€a€10Ïpercent€permanent€medical€impairment€as€a€result€of€the€injury€at€issue€in€this€caseÏand€by€an€examining€orthopedic€surgeon€who€found€the€plaintiff€suffered€a€20Ïpercent€impairment€as€a€result€of€this€injury.€€Both€of€the€physicians€placedÏlimitations€on€stooping,€bending,€and€lifting€of€certain€weights.Ìà àThe€record€shows€the€plaintiff€had€at€most€six€years€in€school,€has€no€GEDÏcertificate,€cannot€write,€and€can€read,€if€at€all,€only€a€little€bit.€€To€put€it€kindly,€theÏplaintiff€is€severely€mentally€challenged.€€He€had€to€be€driven€to€and€from€work€byÏhis€wife.€€Clearly,€as€found€by€the€trial€court,€the€plaintiff€can€only€do€heavy€manualÏlabor€and€the€medical€restrictions€placed€upon€him€disqualify€him€from€this€type€ofÏwork.€€This,€coupled€with€the€lack€of€any€reasonable€transferrable€job€skills€or€theÏlack€of€mental€ability€for€retraining,€without€question,€renders€the€plaintiff€totallyÏdisabled.× ƒ0 ××  ×Ìà 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