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,…
Because an HCLA (Medical Malpractice) plaintiff is required to prove the elements of his claim through expert testimony, summary judgment was affirmed after the trial court applied the cancellation rule to plaintiff’s expert’s conflicting testimony regarding damages. In Simmons v. Islam, No. M2023-01698-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 3, 2024), the…
Plaintiff construction company should not have been allowed to file a deposition transcript related to its argument against dismissal under the TPPA after the TPPA hearing had concluded. In Kedalo Construction, LLC v. Ward, No. M2024-00224-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 26, 2024), the plaintiff construction company and the defendant store…
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Houston 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 Trousdale 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 Decatur 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 Jackson 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,…