Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Rutherford County, Tennessee (county seat – Murfreesboro) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. The data is some of the most shocking data that comes from the recently released Tennessee case filing statitics There were…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Putnam County, Tennessee (county seat: Cookeville) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 93 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Putnam County (not including health care liability act cases) and not…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Williamson County, Tennessee (county seat – Franklin) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 255 tort cases closed in Williamson County (not including health care liability act cases) and 4 tort trials. Here…
Information is now available on the number of personal injury and wrongful death trials and jury verdicts in Maury County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 157 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Maury County (not including health care liability act cases) and…
Where defendant moved to dismiss a defamation suit under the Tennessee Public Participation Act (“TPPA”), and the trial court failed to take into account the third step of the TPPA burden-shifting framework which considers whether a defendant can establish a valid defense to the claims, the case was remanded for…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Sumner County, Tennessee (county seat: Gallatin) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 236 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Sumner County (not including health care liability act cases) and 5…
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Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Knox County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 2164 tort cases closed in Knox County (not including health care liability act cases) and 40 tort trials. Here is how that compares…
The State of Tennessee has released information about the number of health care liability (HCL, formerly known as medical malpractice) claims filed in Tennessee in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and the resolution of pending HCL cases in the same year. In the FY2021-22, 355 HCL claims were…
The statute of repose for defective improvements to real property did not apply where defendants were the property owners of the pipe culvert at issue in the case. In Clayton v. Dixon, No. M2021-00521-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 23, 2023), plaintiff property owner sued defendants, who owned the adjacent property,…