Nails v. Aetna Insurance Co.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the trial court found that there were no grounds to set aside a lump sum permanent disability award under Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-206, or Tenn.R.Civ.P. 60.02, and further found that the plaintiff had not suffered a new injury nor aggravated an old injury. The trial court denied recovery, and we affirm.

The plaintiff, Woodrow Nails, age 47, had been employed by Maxwell’s Big Star Grocery for 30 years as a store manager at the time of trial. He was a high school graduate and had no other vocational training.

In September of 1987, Nails…