Where the defendant in a car accident case received several citations for violations of city traffic laws, the statute of limitations was not extended to two years because the citations were civil in nature, not criminal. In Sandridge v. Henderson, No. W2024-00242-COA-R10-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 19, 2024), the plaintiff…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Van Buren County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of…
A finding of fraudulent misrepresentation against a homebuilder was affirmed based on the builder’s misrepresentations about his qualifications. In Ferguson v. M. Brown Construction, Inc., No. M2022-01637-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 27, 2024) the plaintiff hired defendant Timothy Brown to build a custom home. The defendant assured the plaintiff he…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Moore County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of choice,…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hancock County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of choice,…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Lake County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of choice,…
The sudden physical incapacitation doctrine was a defense to the plaintiff’s negligence claim in Elliott v. Monger, No. W2023-01783-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 10, 2024). In Elliott, the plaintiff and defendant were involved in a car accident. The defendant was preparing to turn left onto an exit ramp, and the plaintiff…
Where a case was dismissed pursuant to the defendant’s Rule 12 motion, the trial court should not have held a subsequent hearing on and granted dismissal under the defendant’s separate TPPA petition. In Horst v. Gaar, No. W2023-00442-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2024), the plaintiff was the former son-in-law…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Clay County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of choice,…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Perry County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee. Click on BirdDog’s County Pages, go to the county of choice,…