Hill v. Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Inc.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case presents for review the decision of the Chancery Court of Campbell County finding the plaintiff, Ronald Wayne Hill, to be permanently and totally disabled. The Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel, upon reference for findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(5) (Supp.1996), found that Hill had suffered only an increase in pain, not a compensable injury by accident, and dismissed the ease. Thereafter, Hill filed a motion for full court review of the Panel decision pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(5)(B)…