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Where plaintiff brought a tort action against defendant based on defective products made pursuant to a contract between the parties, dismissal based on the economic loss doctrine was affirmed.

In Vidafuel, Inc. v. Kerry, Inc., No. M2024-00041-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 4, 2024), the plaintiff developed and distributed wellness protein drinks. The plaintiff contracted with the defendant to manufacture these drinks, and problems began early in the relationship. Samples provided were not adequate, shipments that went out received customer complaints and had to be pulled, and the defendant failed to ever create a product that met the plaintiff’s quality requirements.

Plaintiff filed this suit asserting claims for negligent or intentional misrepresentation, deceit/fraudulent inducement, and violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The plaintiff argued that the claims were not based on the contract but were instead based on the defendant’s representations about its ability to manufacture the product. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that the economic loss doctrine barred the plaintiff’s tort claims and that the TCPA claim was time-barred. The trial court agreed, dismissing the claims, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Wayne County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.

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Where plaintiff did not have evidence that an ethics complaint filed with the real estate commission by defendant was decided on the merits and due to plaintiff’s innocence, plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claim should have been dismissed pursuant to defendant’s TPPA petition.

In Gersper v. Turner, No. M2022-01136-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 23, 2024), plaintiff and defendant owned condos in the same building. When defendant resigned from the building’s board after opposition from several owners, plaintiff took his seat. While campaigning to retain the seat, plaintiff, who was a realtor, made a video showing current issues with the building. Plaintiff circulated the video to other board members, but defendant also eventually saw the video.

Based on this video, defendant filed a complaint with the Tennessee Real Estate Commission, asserting among other things that plaintiff was hurting the value of the property. The Commission sent defendant a letter two months later stating that the complaint had been reviewed by the legal staff and presented to the Commission, and “[t]he decision has been taken to close the complaint with no action.”

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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Polk County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.

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Plaintiff’s HCLA claim that defendant medical facility failed to advise a transportation service of his mobility issues required expert medical proof.

In Dickerson v. United Medical Transportation LLC, No. W2023-01084-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 23, 2024), plaintiff had been a patient at defendant medical facility. Upon plaintiff’s discharge, defendant arranged for transportation for plaintiff with a transport service. The service did not assist plaintiff when he was getting out of the car, and he fell, injuring himself.

Plaintiff filed this HCLA claim asserting that defendant “failed to inform [the transport service] of his medical conditions, including his fall risk status, while arranging for his transportation.” Defendant moved for summary judgment based on a lack of duty and the assertion that plaintiff had no ambulatory issues, and plaintiff responded by filing the affidavit of an expert with a background in transportation. Notably, this expert had no medical training or licensure. The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendant, ruling that plaintiff would need expert testimony to support his claim, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Chester County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.

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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Haywood County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.

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Where decedent was killed in a car accident that occurred when a driver on a city-controlled street was turning into defendant truck stop, the truck stop did not owe a duty of care to the decedent.

In Mershon v. HPT TA Properties Trust, No. M2023-01334-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 11, 2024), plaintiff filed a wrongful death negligence action after her husband was killed in an accident. The decedent was driving a motorcycle when the driver of an SUV turned across the decedent’s lane to attempt to enter defendant truck stop’s parking lot. The entry in question was marked as being for semi-trucks, not passenger vehicles, and there was limited visibility due to a hill on the road.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant truck stop “created a hazardous condition by failing to display clearly visible signage at the ‘trucks only’ entrance of the TA truck stop directing passenger vehicles to the proper entrance located a short distance down Long Lane.” After an earlier dismissal was reversed on appeal, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that plaintiff could not show that defendant owed a duty. The trial court agreed, granting summary judgment, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Johnson County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.

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Where plaintiff did not have sufficient evidence of notice of the washout and sinkhole on a road, summary judgment for the county was affirmed.

In Roberts v. Carter, No. W2023-01316-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2024) (memorandum opinion), plaintiff filed suit after having a car accident on a county road due to a sinkhole and washout. Although the Court of Appeals had overturned an earlier grant of summary judgment, in this memorandum opinion it affirmed the ruling that plaintiff had not presented sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact as to notice.

Plaintiff’s complaint cited three sections of the GTLA, but on this appeal, only the claim under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-203 was addressed in plaintiff’s brief. Pursuant to that section of the GTLA, immunity for a governmental entity may be removed “for an injury caused by a defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any street…owned and controlled by such governmental entity,” but only if the governmental entity had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition. Here, plaintiff admitted that the county did not have actual notice of the washout, so the issue was whether plaintiff had enough evidence to show constructive notice.

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