I am pleased to announce that I have started a new blog on Tennessee law of civil procedure and evidence. Practical Procedure and Evidence is created to help Tennessee civil trial lawyers stay current on civil, appellate, and evidence issues. It will include not just new cases and rule changes…
As 2022 comes to a close, here is a brief summary of the cases pending before the Tennessee Supreme Court. There are twenty civil cases pending before the Court. The “oldest” pending cases (calculated from the date of oral argument) are Gardner and Ultsch – both cases were argued April 6, 2022. Review…
BirdDog Law offers a large variety of free information to Tennessee lawyers and paralegals. Among the free resources are 95 databases, one for each Tennessee county, that share information about the operation of the court system in that county. Each database is set up in the same format for ease…
BirdDog Law offers a large variety of free information to Tennessee lawyers and paralegals. Among the free resources are 95 databases, one for each Tennessee county, that share information about the operation of the court system in that county. Each database is set up in the same format for ease…
Tennessee Justice Programs provides 15 hours of on-demand continuing legal action for Tennessee lawyers. Penny White, Joe Riley, and I speak on a variety of subjects of interest to Tennessee trial lawyers who do civil trial work. Reduced rates available for those who purchase multiple courses. Fifteen hours of CLE…
BirdDog Law offers a large variety of free information to Tennessee lawyers and paralegals. Among the free resources are 95 databases, one for each Tennessee county, that share information about the operation of the court system in that county. Each database is set up in the same format for ease…
BirdDog Law offers a large variety of free information to Tennessee lawyers and paralegals. Among the free resources are 95 databases, one for each Tennessee county, that share information about the operation of the court system in that county. Each database is set up in the same format for ease…
Where the trial court found plaintiff 25% at fault and defendant 75% at fault in a negligence case related to a crash between a car and tractor trailer, the Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict for plaintiff. In Kindred v. Townsend, No. W2021-01481-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App Dec. 7, 2022), plaintiff…
Penny White, Joe Riley and I will be hosting our annual 15-hour seminar program Memphis on December 15 and 16, 2022. The program provides the fifteen (15) hours required CLE and includes three (3) hours of ethics/ professionalism/dual credit on Friday afternoon. You may register for both days (15 hours),…
Where plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in his defamation case before defendants filed their petition to dismiss under the TPPA, the trial court erred by granting defendants’ petition for dismissal and awarding them attorneys’ fees and sanctions after plaintiff’s nonsuit. In Adamson v. Grove, No. M2020-01651-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL…