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Tennessee Court of Appeals Rejects Claim For Intentional Interference with Business Relations

Tennessee courts recognize a claim for intentional interference with business relations, but this multi-year dispute did not end well for the claimant. In Stratienko v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, No. 2011-01699-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 21, 2013),the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a plaintiff doctor’s claim for intentional…

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Screw Public Health and Safety – We Need Jobs!

Alabama just passed a 12-year statute of repose that protects a new corporate citizen – Airbus. Airbus, not content with $158,000,000 in corporate welfare to put a plant in Alabama, sought and has obtained immunity from suit unless its planes cause harm within twelve years. The bill only applies to…

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Tennessee Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Statistics, 2011-12 – Part 1

The Tennessee Supreme Court has released data concerning filings and dispositions on civil and criminal cases for the year ended June 30, 2012, including personal injury and wrongful death cases.  The Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary is published every year and contains lots of data not readily available from…

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Tennessee Lawyers Beware! Legal Research Issue

The Lexis website that contains the Tennessee Code that is available through the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts is not updated with 2012 legislative changes.  This despite the fact that many of those changes went into effect July 1, 2012, or even earlier. It appears that Westlaw has updated…

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AAJ Sponsors Case Planning Workshop – Discount Available

AAJ is sponsoring a case planning workshop in Washington, D.C. on July 12-14, 2012. This in-depth program takes your active case through six critical workshops and three group sessions to help you define your case strategy. The hands-on format provides constant attention to your wrongful death or catastrophic injury case.…

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