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ThisworkerscompensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkersCompensation | AppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTennesseeCodeAnnotated506 b 225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsoffactandconclusionsof H law.Theappellant,FrontierHealth,Inc.,d/b/a_Woodbridge_ԀMentalHealthHospital(hereafter . ~  Frontier),appealsanawardtoHildaLightofsixtypercentdisabilitytothebodyasawhole.  d Theissueiswhetherthetrialcourterredinbasinganawardtothebodyonanimpairmentrating  J foranupperextremity.Wemodifytheawardtothirtysixpercenttothebodyasawhole.  ݌  0 Ќ    XwXXXw    XwXXXw        8݌̌    XwXXXw  % " Tenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(1999)AppealasofRight%";Judgmentofthe% # %# ChanceryCourt    isModifiedandRemanded        Peoples,_H.N._,Sp.J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhich% $ %$Barker,J.,and% % %%K_Lafferty_, ^  Sr.J.,joined. D  XwXXXw   9" p x (#X(#9      &    LouisAndrew_McElroy_,Knoxville,Tennesseefortheappellant,FrontierHealth,Inc.,d/b/a ` _Woodbridge_ԀMental_Hospital  XԌ F Ќ  * X(#X(#*XwXXXw  '|_HowellH._Sherrod_,Jr.,JohnsonCity,Tennessee,fortheAppellee,HildaLight.  % & %&% ' %'_XwXXXw   9" p x (#X(#9    K.` hp x (#X(#K&  E  MEMORANDUMOPINIONEO  Ԍ  Ќ  $ X(#X(#$XwXXXw    '1% ( %(P X  Reviewofthefindingsoffactmadebythetrialcourtisdenovoupontherecordofthe p!  trialcourt,accompaniedbyapresumptionofthecorrectnessofthefinding,unlessthe <#" preponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise.T.C.A.506225(e)(2);Stonev.Cityof %X $ McMinnville,896S.W.2d548,550(Tenn.1995).Theapplicationofthisstandardrequiresthis &$"& Courttoweighinmoredepththefactualfindingsandconclusionsofthetrialcourtsinworkers (#(  compensationcases.Corcoranv.FosterAutoGMC,Inc.,746S.W.2d452,456(Tenn._1988). l*%*   XXXwXXXw     h  Attrial,thepartiesstipulatedthat:(1)HildaLightsufferedanonthejobinjuryon   June21,1997;(2)shewasbornonJuly8,1935andwasaccordingly61yearsoldonthedateof | theaccident;(3)shehadwageswhichwouldentitlehertoaworkerscompensationrateof H $141.16;(4)shereachedmaximummedicalimprovementonJuly2,1998;and(5)shehad  d receiveddisabilitypaymentstotaling$14,931.Ms.Lightinjuredhershoulderatworkand  0 eventuallyhadsurgeryforatornrotatorcuff.ItisundisputedthatMs.Lightisentitledtoan    awardforaninjurytothebodyasawhole. h݌ x  Ќ  XwXXXw XX   XXXwXXXw  N  Onappeal,Frontierdoesnotseriouslycontesttheapplicationofthesix(6)times D  multipliertotheimpairmentaward,butmaintainsthatthetrialcourterredintreatingamedical ` impairmentratingoftenpercenttotheupperextremityasequivalenttotenpercentmedical , impairmenttothebodyasawhole.Thetrialjudgeissuedabenchopinioninthiscase.In  discussingthemedicaltestimony,hestatedthatDr.CharlesE.BarnestestifiedthatMs.Light t hadamedicalimpairmentoffivepercenttothebody,andthatDr.WilliamKennedyopinedthat @ shehadatenpercentpermanentpartialphysicalimpairmenttothebodyasawholeasaresultof  \ therightrotatorcuffinjury.Thetrialjudgeawardedbenefitsbasedontenpercentimpairmentto ( thebody.N݌  ЌXwXXXw XX   XXXwXXXw  !  Dr.WilliamKennedytestified,bydeposition,thatMs.Lighthadamedicalimpairment p!  oftenpercenttotherightupperextremitybasedupontheAMAGuides.Hetestifieditwould <#" notbeappropriatetoconverttheratingtothebodyasawholeandstatedhisopinionthatthe %X $ injurystoppedattheballofthehumerusanddidnotgettotheshouldersocket.Hetestifiedthat &$"& theshoulderwaspartoftheupperextremityinmedicalterminology.Hereluctantlytestified (#(  thattenpercentoftheupperextremityconvertstosixpercenttothewholepersonunderthe l*%* _AMAGuides.Thetrialcourtmistakenlyfoundhetestifiedtoatenpercentimpairmenttothe  body.!"݌ |  XwXXXw XX  ThecaseofAdvo,Inc.v.Phillips,989S.W.2d693(Tenn.1998),alsoinvolvedarotator H cufftearandatenpercentpermanentmedicalimpairmenttotheupperextremitywhichequates  d toaratingofsixpercenttothebodyasawhole.Thetrialcourthadawardedfortypercent  0 disabilitytothearm.Onappeal,thisCourtfoundthatthetwoandonehalftimescapapplied,    becausetheemployeereturnedtoworkatawageequaltoorgreaterthanthepreinjurywage, x  andmodifiedtheawardtofifteenpercenttothebodyasawhole(ortwoandonehalftimesthe D  medicalimpairmentratingofsix).Itwasnotedthatpriordecisionsheldthatanupperextremity ` isnotascheduledmember,Wellsv.SentryInsuranceCompany,834S.W.2d935(Tenn.1992), , andthatashoulderisnotascheduledmember,ContinentalInsuranceCompaniesv.Pruitt,541  S.W.2d594(Tenn.1976).Aninjurytotheshoulderorupperextremityisnotaninjurytoa t scheduledmember,thereforeitistobeapportionedtothebodyasawhole.Smithv.Empire @ PencilCompany,781S.W.2d833(Tenn.1989)(citingChapmanv.ClementBrothers,Inc.,222  \ Tenn.223,435S.W.2d117_(1968). (  XXXwXXXw  +  CounselforMs.Lightassertsthatweshouldapplythemultiplierofsixtothetenpercent  impairmenttotheupperextremitytoarriveattheawardofsixtypercentdisabilitytothebodyas p!  awhole._T.C.A_Ԁ506207provides:++݌ <#" ЌXwXXXw XX   XwXXXw    ?(4 44` hp xX(#?  X -  Allothercasesofpermanentpartialdisabilitynotaboveenumerated %X $ shallbeapportionedtothebodyasawhole,whichshallhaveavalue %>!% offourhundred(400)weeks,andthereshallbepaidcompensationto &$"& theinjuredemployeefortheproportionatelossofuseofthebodyasa ' #' wholeresultingfromtheinjury. -K.݌ (#( Ќ    * X(#444` Xx*XwXXXw  X   )$)  XwXXXw  X   0  Todeterminetheproportionatelossofuseofthebodyasawhole,werelyonmedicalevidence l*%* thatthetenpercentmedicalimpairmenttotherightupperextremityequalssixpercentwhen 8,', apportionedtothebodyasawhole.Usingthemultiplierofsixtimestheimpairmentrating  rendersapermanentpartialdisabilityofthirtysixpercenttothebodyasawhole. 091݌ | ЌXwXXXw   XXwXXXw  m3  WefindthatthejudgmentofthetrialcourtshouldbemodifiedtoawardHildaLight H permanentpartialdisabilityofthirtysixpercenttothebodyasawhole.Thecaseisremandedto  d thetrialcourt.ThecostsoftheappealareassessedtotheAppellee.m33݌   0 ЌXwXXXw X   XXwXXXw  t5  4XwXXXw5р#XwXX4Xw5#.XwXXXw#XwXX.Xw/6#6Xh/ XXXw6z  X6Xh/@7 7 INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEEt55݌  Ќ6Xh/ X 6z X  @$ATKNOXVILLE 0 #6Xh/ X X6Xh/6# 6z  X6Xh/  HILDALIGHTv.FRONTIERHEALTH,INC.,d/b/a_WOODBRIDGE_   MENTALHEALTHHOSPITAL#6Xh/ X 6z7#    7@' '  ChanceryCourtforWashingtonCounty 0  @FF&No.31684     `     h Filed:December5,2000  @*A*8) ` dE<_ ` A߈ ` @No.E199900256SCWCMCV V A*8) ` dE< ` A f  @..# JUDGMENTORDER  !<" #XwX X6Xh/q6#.XwXXXw  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtuponmotionforreviewfiledbytheappellant,HildaLight, % & pursuanttoTenn.Code.Ann.#XwXX.Xw:#4XwXXXw#XwXX4Xw;#.XwXXXwԀ506225(e)(5)(B),therecordbeforeus,includingtheorderof x'"( referraltotheSpecialWorkersCompensationAppealPanel,andthePanelsMemorandum D)$* Opinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedherein +`&, byreference; ,,(. 5 5  5  _  Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthatthemotionforreviewisnotwelltakenand t shouldbedenied;and @   Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanelsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaware 0 adoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt.      ` CostswillbepaidbytheAppellee. <     ` ITISSOORDERED. ,    `     h        `     `     h     PERCURIAM 8" Barker,J.,notparticipating '   4+"    `     h ̀ #XwXX.Xw<#7X}IXXXw@%MEMORANDUM @  TO:  0 ` CarolynWilliams,DeputyClerkKnoxville#XwXX7X}IA#.XwXXXw#XwXX.Xw^B#7X}IXXXw   ` (#` (# FROM: ` #XwXX7X}IB#.XwXXXw#XwXX.XwC#7X}IXXXwRileyAnderson,ChiefJustice#XwXX7X}IaC#.XwXXXw#XwXX.XwC#7X}IXXXw <    RE:0  0` (#(#HildaLightv.FrontierHealth,Inc.,d/b/aWoodbridgeMentalHealthHosp. , (WashingtonChancery),No.E199900256SCWCMCV` (#` (# DATE:  December4,2000 8" _____________________________________________________________________ %( WCMOTIONFORREVIEW: 0 h DENIED(Barker,J.,notparticipating)4+"h(#h(#   -X $ ЇRELEASEDATE: 0 Assoonaspossible  (# (#  DISPOSITIONOFRECORD: PreviouslyReturned   d #XwXX7X}ID#.XwXXXw#XwXX.XwF#_    X__Ӏ p  Ѐ V   X.XXw