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BAILEY v. COLONIAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

836 S.W.2d 554 (1992)

Donald Ray BAILEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLONIAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Jerome Melson and Richard L. Hollow, Watson, Hollow & Reeves, Knoxville, for defendant-appellant.

David H. Dunaway, LaFollette, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this workers' compensation appeal, the trial court awarded 65 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole and commuted the award to a lump sum. The defendant concedes the employee suffered a compensable injury and questions only the amount of the disability award and whether it should have been commuted to a lump sum. We conclude that the amount of the award is correct, but that it should be paid periodically...

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