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SpecialJudgeRobertE.Corlew,III %  REMANDED    h      p   BYERS,SeniorJudge =9@9 Ї   OPINION      ` Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw. ` ThetrialjudgefoundtheplaintiffwaspermanentlydisabledandawardedalumpsumjudgmentofPLPL$81,953.20PLPLonNovember3,1997. ` ThedefendantsaystherecorddoesnotsupportthefindingthatthelumpsumawardisproperbecausetherecordfailstoshowPLPLthatthePLPLlumpsumawardisinPLPLtheplaintiffsPLPLbestinterestorthathecanwiselymanagethelumpsumpayment. ` Weremandthiscasetothetrialcourtforfurtherproceedings. ` Therecordinthiscaseissparseontheissueofalumpsumpayment.Theplaintifftestifiedhewishedtopayoffhismortgageandinvestanyremainingportionoftheaward. ` OnPLPLappeal,PLPLtheplaintiffsbriefpresentsamathematicalcomputationshowinghowmuchtheplaintiffwouldsaveifhepayedoffhismortgage.Thiswasnotpresentedattrial. ` Thetrialcourtmadenofindingofwhetheralumpsumawardwasintheplaintiffsbestinterest.ThisbringsthecaseinlinewiththecaseofHuddlestonv. $$d $ HartfordPLPLAcPLPLcidentPLPL&Indem.Co.,858S.W.2d315(Tenn.PLPL1993),PLPLPLPLwherePLPLanissueofa %4"& lumpsumawardwasraised.TheSupremeCourtsaidinthatcase: Whatismissingfromthetrialcourtsorder,aswellasfromtherecord,isadeterminationthatfullcommutationunderthesecircumstancesisintheinjuredworkersbestinterest, \+', asrequiredbyT.C.A.506229(a),asamendedPLPL(1990).Id.at318.PLPL ,-l).  ` InHuddleston,theSupremeCourtremandedthecasetothetrialcourtfor .<+0 furtherproceedingstodeterminewhatamount,ifany,shouldbecommutedandtodetermineiftheplaintiffPLPLcouldPLPLmanagethecommutedPLPLamount.Further,theSupremeCourtnotedthatNLandNLPLPLthetrialjudgemaywellconsider,ifafindingofalumpsumismade,howtoinsurethatthesumwillbeappliedinthemannerPLPLOLofOLthePLPLplaintiffassertsitwouldbeused. ` Weremandthiscasetothetrialcourtforsuchproceedingsasarenecessaryconsistentwiththisopinion. ;7>  ` Thecostsofthisappealaretaxedtotheplaintiffandthedefendant. `     h     _____________________________ `     h     JohnK.Byers,SeniorJudgeCONCUR:________________________________WilliamM.Barker,Justice________________________________RobertE.Corlew,III,SpecialJudgeRL   RLSLSLSLH@-SLaLaLSLSLkLaLr )<,(j 8` `@E^` 8ttxPX  raLkLkLkLSL P  INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEESLkLkLSLSLkLt )>.*jxv` `@E ` 8ttxP#$ v tkLSL@SS'ATNASHVILLEHENRYSHERRILL,SLTLSL񀀀SLTLSL񀀀} P     X     } ` GILESCHANCERY    P Plaintiff/Appellee X     } ` No.9419 n   P     X     } `  T  vs. P     X     } ` Hon.JimT.Hamilton :z   P     X     } ` Judge  ` PULASKIRUBBERCOMPANY    } F  P     X     } `      h  !  ,  P Defendant/Appellant  SLULSL  SLULSL  } ` No.01S019802CH00035  @-  } `    P     X     } ` REMANDED  @- P     X JUDGMENTORDER P   P  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtupontheentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkersCompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanelsMemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference. P  Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthattheMemorandumOpinionofthePanelshouldbeacceptedandapproved;and P  Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanelsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt P  CostswillbepaidequallybythePlaintiffandDefendant,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. P   P  ITISSOORDEREDONNovember10,1998. P     X      ` PERCURIAMSL