Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Washington County, Tennessee (county seat: Jonesborough) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 162 personal injury or wrongful death cases closed in Washington County (not including health care liability act cases) and only…
In an HCLA case where plaintiff named a physician employed by a governmental entity as a defendant but did not name the governmental entity, dismissal was affirmed. Further, plaintiff’s motion to amend to name the governmental entity was properly denied as futile where plaintiff did not give pre-suit notice to…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Hamilton County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 797 tort cases closed in Hamilton County (not including health care liability act cases) and 27 tort trials. Here is how that compares…
Information is now available on the number of personal injury and wrongful death trials and jury verdicts in Madison County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 187 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Madison County (not including health care liability act cases) and…
Where plaintiff alleged that the nursing facility she lived in gave her a defective shower chair, and the broken wheel lock and torn netting on the chair caused her to fall and be injured, no certificate of good faith was required due to the common knowledge exception to Tennessee’s health…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Shelby County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 2164 tort cases closed in Shelby County (not including health care liability act cases) and 55 tort trials. Here is how that compares…
One thing you can do to become a great trial lawyer is to listen to great trial lawyers speak about the profession. The American College of Trial Lawyers has a podcast that does just that. The podcast will be starting its sixth season this summer, but there are over 20…
Where plaintiffs’ appellate brief failed to include appropriate citations to the record and failed to “even address the revised judgment from which they appealed,” summary judgment for defendants on claims of intentional and/or negligent misrepresentation was affirmed in a memorandum opinion. In Smith v. Walker, No. W2022-00748-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App.…
Where plaintiff could not show that he was harmed in any way by defendant attorney’s alleged legal malpractice, summary judgment on the malpractice claim was affirmed. In a memorandum opinion in Sutton v. The Westmoreland Law Firm, No. M2021-01209-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 21, 2023) (memorandum opinion), plaintiff consulted with…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Davidson County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 1883 tort cases filed in Davidson County (not including health care liability act cases) and 41 tort trials. Here is how that compares…