WELLS v. SENTRY INS. CO.


834 S.W.2d 935 (1992)

Donna B. WELLS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY and Modine Manufacturing Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Buxton, III, Buxton and Wilkinson, Oak Ridge, for defendants-appellants.

Roger L. Ridenour, Ridenour & Ridenour, Oak Ridge, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this workers' compensation appeal, the trial court awarded the plaintiff 65 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. The defendant argues that although the monetary award would be the same, the trial court should have awarded benefits for a 65 percent permanent partial disability to scheduled members, i.e. the plaintiff's arms. We find no merit to this argument, conclude that the appeal is frivolous, and...

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