Information is now available on the number of personal injury and wrongful death trials and jury verdicts in Maury County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 157 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Maury County (not including health care liability act cases) and…
Where defendant moved to dismiss a defamation suit under the Tennessee Public Participation Act (“TPPA”), and the trial court failed to take into account the third step of the TPPA burden-shifting framework which considers whether a defendant can establish a valid defense to the claims, the case was remanded for…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Sumner County, Tennessee (county seat: Gallatin) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 236 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Sumner County (not including health care liability act cases) and 5…
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Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Knox County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 2164 tort cases closed in Knox County (not including health care liability act cases) and 40 tort trials. Here is how that compares…
The State of Tennessee has released information about the number of health care liability (HCL, formerly known as medical malpractice) claims filed in Tennessee in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and the resolution of pending HCL cases in the same year. In the FY2021-22, 355 HCL claims were…
The statute of repose for defective improvements to real property did not apply where defendants were the property owners of the pipe culvert at issue in the case. In Clayton v. Dixon, No. M2021-00521-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 23, 2023), plaintiff property owner sued defendants, who owned the adjacent property,…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Washington County, Tennessee (county seat: Jonesborough) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 162 personal injury or wrongful death cases closed in Washington County (not including health care liability act cases) and only…
In an HCLA case where plaintiff named a physician employed by a governmental entity as a defendant but did not name the governmental entity, dismissal was affirmed. Further, plaintiff’s motion to amend to name the governmental entity was properly denied as futile where plaintiff did not give pre-suit notice to…
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Hamilton County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 797 tort cases closed in Hamilton County (not including health care liability act cases) and 27 tort trials. Here is how that compares…