Where plaintiff alleged that her son’s body was buried in the wrong place within a cemetery and brought several claims, including negligent mishandling of a dead human body, against defendant funeral home, summary judgment for the funeral home was affirmed based on the finding that the funeral home “had no…
Where defendant’s counterclaim asserted the conversion of its real property through a transfer that “was not supported by consideration, was commercially unreasonable, and made under economic duress,” and that alleged conversion occurred less than ten years ago, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff was vacated. Summary judgment on defendant’s counterclaim…
I strongly encourage you to add “Trial Tested” to your list of podcasts. “Trial Tested” is a podcast sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. It “presents enlightening discussions about life and law through interviews with prominent trial lawyers and significant figures in the world of trial law.” The…
You have just a few days to obtain a pre-publication printed copy of my new book, Tennessee Wrongful Death Law at a substantial discount. The book is Tennessee’s only comprehensive treatise on the law of wrongful death. It has 82 sections and cites hundreds of Tennessee cases. Click on this…
Please take a minute to check out my newest blog. Practical Procedure and Evidence is created to help Tennessee civil trial lawyers stay current on civil, appellate, and evidence issues. It will include not just new cases and rule changes but will also give lawyers practical tips on how to handle…
You have just a few days to obtain a pre-publication printed copy of my new book, Tennessee Wrongful Death Law at a substantial discount. The book is Tennessee’s only comprehensive treatise on the law of wrongful death. It has 82 sections and cites hundreds of Tennessee cases. Click on this…
The January / February 2023 edition of the Tennessee Bar Journal has published my new column – “Defamation Cases – Yet Another Land Mine.”
I am pleased to announce that I have started a new blog on Tennessee law of civil procedure and evidence. Practical Procedure and Evidence is created to help Tennessee civil trial lawyers stay current on civil, appellate, and evidence issues. It will include not just new cases and rule changes…
As 2022 comes to a close, here is a brief summary of the cases pending before the Tennessee Supreme Court. There are twenty civil cases pending before the Court. The “oldest” pending cases (calculated from the date of oral argument) are Gardner and Ultsch – both cases were argued April 6, 2022. Review…
BirdDog Law offers a large variety of free information to Tennessee lawyers and paralegals. Among the free resources are 95 databases, one for each Tennessee county, that share information about the operation of the court system in that county. Each database is set up in the same format for ease…