The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts has released the 2008-09 Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary. The report includes information about court filings and dispositions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. Here is some of the important data included in the Report: 1. There were only 10,659…
Lawyer Mark Lambert , an attorney with the Cochran Firm in Memphis, has been sued by Greg Herbers, a Memphis hair stylist, over injuries Herbers says he received in an alteration with Lambert in the bathroom of a Memphis bar. According to the story in the Commercial Appeal, Herbers entered…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a case against Wal-Mart for selling bullets to a person without requiring her to present an identification card as required by Illinois law. Candice Johnson later used the bullets to commit suicide. Her husband filed suit, alleging that his…
More information continues to be leaked to the media about Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses, and news reports indicate that at least one of them has confirmed a long-lasting affair. What does the law of torts say about this? Alienation of affections, criminal conversation, and reckless infliction of emotional distress immediately…
There are two reasons there is not a substantive post today. First, I am speaking for three hours at our Justice Programs seminar today and am quite busy. Second, my wife Joy and I went to see Bruce Springsteen in concert last night in Nashville and I did not get…
Former Justice Penny White, former Judge Joe Riley and I are presenting our annual seminar program for civil trial lawyers in Nashville this week. Learn more and register here.
F. Chris Cawood v. Linda Booth, et al., E2007-02537-SC-R11-CV, (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 25, 2008) has a set of facts you don’t run into every day or, at least, I hope you don’t run into everyday. Here is the description of the case from the opinion of the Tennessee Court…
A little over a week ago I wrote this post about the general rule in the law of torts that one person does not have a duty to rescue another from harm. To be sure, there are exceptions to that general rule, but the fact remains that this is one…
Penny White, Joe Riley and I are on the road again this Fall for the 2009 Justice Programs seminars. This two-day, 15-hour is designed for Tennessee lawyers who do civil litigation and who are looking for substantive continuing legal education that will help them better serve their clients. We will…
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