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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE SPECIAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS PANEL AT NASHVILLE
April 21, 2003 Session HELEN M. ASHFORD v. THE AEROSTRUCTURES CORPORATION, ET AL.
Direct Appeal from the Chancery Court for Wilson County No. 00197 C. K. Smith, Chancellor

No. M2002-01276-WC-R3-CV - Mailed - February 24, 2004 Filed - March 29, 2004 This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court found that employee had sustained a permanent partial disability of 90% to the body as a whole as a result of the gradual injury she sustained during her employment and that the events on December 7, 1999, aggravated a preexisting lung condition. The trial court awarded workers' compensation benefits in the lump sum amount of $188,632.80, along with certain discretionary costs. The trial court also allowed employer a setoff for medical benefits in the amount of $3,036.37 but disallowed setoff for disability benefits. We find no error and affirm the judgment of the trial court. Tenn. Code Ann.

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