Opinion ID: 1058686
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Heading: standard of review

Text: Resolution of this case requires a review of the chancellor's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Whether an injury resulting from an idiopathic loss of consciousness is compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act is a question of law. We review a trial court's conclusions of law de novo upon the record with no presumption of correctness. Ganzevoort v. Russell, 949 S.W.2d 293, 296 (Tenn.1997). The determination of whether an injury arose out of and in the course of a worker's employment is a question of fact. Our review of a trial court's findings of fact in a workers' compensation proceeding is de novo upon the record of the trial court, with a presumption of correctness given to the trial court's findings of fact, unless the evidence preponderates against it. Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(2) (Supp.2003); McCormick v. Aabakus Inc., 101 S.W.3d 60, 62 (Tenn.Workers Comp.Panel 2000). This Court conducts an independent examination of the record to determine where the preponderance of the evidence lies. Galloway v. Memphis Drum Serv., 822 S.W.2d 584, 586 (Tenn.1991).