BROWN v. CAMPBELL COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.


915 S.W.2d 407 (1995)

Alice Sue BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CAMPBELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Larry Brinton, Jr., Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund, State of Tennessee and Charles Burson, Attorney General for the State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants. Brenda HARLESS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUNTSVILLE MANOR NURSING HOME, STATE OF TENNESSEE and Charles Burson, Attorney General for the State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Dunaway, David H. Dunaway and Associates, LaFollette, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Brown and Harless.

J. Anthony Farmer, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Knoxville, for Amicus Curiae.

R. Franklin Norton and Gary G. Spangler, Knoxville, for Defendant-Appellant Huntsville Manor Nursing Home.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter Diane Stamey Dycus, Senior Counsel, Nashville, for all Other Defendants-Appellants.


OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

In these consolidated workers' compensation appeals, we must determine whether Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 50-6-241 and 50-6-242, which set out the methods used to determine permanent partial disability benefits, violate the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee or United States Constitutions. Additionally, at issue is whether Tennessee Code Annotated Section 50-6-241 conflicts with the Americans with Disabilities...

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