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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE SPECIAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS PANEL AT NASHVILLE
February 26, 2004 Session MELLY L. LEE v. SATURN CORPORATION
Appeal from the Chancery Court for Marshall County No. 12002 J. B. Cox, Judge

No. M2003-00390-WC-R3-CV - Mailed - August 10, 2004 Filed - September 27, 2004

This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with the Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6225(2)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. In this case the trial court found that the employee gave actual notice of her neck injury and that the injury was work related. The employee's award was based on a permanent partial impairment rating of 18%. The employer raises the following issues: 1) Whether the trial court erred in concluding that the union representative had apparent authority to receive notice of employee's work-related injury; 2) Whether the trial court erred in concluding that the employee gave the employer actual notice of her injury; and 3) Whether the trial court erred in concluding that employee's injury was work related. We find no error and affirm the judgment of the trial court. Tenn. Code Ann.

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