The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Morgan 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 Scott County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently ruled that public policy did not prevent an insurance company from bringing a legal malpractice claim against its insured’s attorney as the subrogee of the insured.
In Westport Insurance Corporation v. Howard Tate Sowell Wilson Leathers & Johnson, PLCC, No. M2023-01168-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2024), plaintiff was the insurance carrier for a company called Brands. A truck driver’s Kentucky-based employer hired Brands to perform a driver history report before hiring the driver. Brands pulled three years of driving records and reported that the record was clean. Had they pulled five years, however, they would have found the driver’s accident history. The driver was hired by the company and was later involved in a serious car accident in Tennessee.
Multiple lawsuits were filed in relation to this car accident, and Brands was named as a defendant. Plaintiff insurance company was Brands’ liability insurance carrier. Plaintiff hired defendant law firm to represent Brands in the underlying suits, and defendant agreed to abide by Plaintiff’s litigation guidelines. At one point an attorney from defendant firm performed initial research into the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction, but that research was abandoned, as the attorney believed it was not a viable defense. Defendant never discussed the personal jurisdiction defense with plaintiff or Brands. Defendant eventually filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of duty. Defendant advised Brands that if the motion was not granted, settlement was advised.
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Overton 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 Grainger 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 Macon County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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Where a premises liability plaintiff admitted that she had no evidence regarding how a hole was created, how long it had existed, or that any other person had fallen into it, summary judgment for defendant was affirmed.
In Halterman-Scott v. Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, No. M2024-00373-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 17, 2024), plaintiff was catering an event for defendant. While walking, plaintiff left the sidewalk and walked on the grass. She fell in a hole in the grass and was injured, and thereafter filed this premises liability suit.
Defendant moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff could not show that defendant caused the allegedly dangerous condition or had notice of it. In response to defendant’s statement of undisputed material facts, plaintiff admitted the following:
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hickman County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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Plaintiff’s role as the Director of Safety and Security at a private college did not make him a public official or public figure for purposes of the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA).
In McMurtrie v. Sarfo, No. E2023-01825-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2024), plaintiff was employed as the Director of Safety and Security at a small, private college. Though he had previously been a state trooper and FBI agent, at the time relevant to this case he was not a sworn law enforcement officer for any city or county, and he did not carry a gun. Instead, he oversaw campus security and was the supervisor for the college’s five security guards. None of these guards carried weapons or had the authority to arrest anyone.
Defendant Sarfo was an alumnus of the college. On a rainy night, he had stopped in front of a campus building to take a photo. When plaintiff saw Sarfo’s vehicle in the roadway, he pulled next to him and rolled down his window. He honked to get Sarfo’s attention, and when Sarfo rolled his window down, plaintiff asked “why are you parked in my driveway?” Plaintiff asserted that he meant this as a joke. Sarfo responded that he was taking a photo of a building he previously lived in, and that he was in a rental car and was having trouble shifting out of park. Plaintiff told Sarfo that he needed to move his car out of the middle of the road and into one of several open parking spaces. Sarfo asked plaintiff to identify himself, so plaintiff gave his name and title. The interaction between the men lasted approximately one minute, and there was no evidence that plaintiff knew Sarfo’s race before pulling next to him.
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hardeman County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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