The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Grainger County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Macon County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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Where a premises liability plaintiff admitted that she had no evidence regarding how a hole was created, how long it had existed, or that any other person had fallen into it, summary judgment for defendant was affirmed.
In Halterman-Scott v. Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, No. M2024-00373-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 17, 2024), plaintiff was catering an event for defendant. While walking, plaintiff left the sidewalk and walked on the grass. She fell in a hole in the grass and was injured, and thereafter filed this premises liability suit.
Defendant moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff could not show that defendant caused the allegedly dangerous condition or had notice of it. In response to defendant’s statement of undisputed material facts, plaintiff admitted the following:
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hickman County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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Plaintiff’s role as the Director of Safety and Security at a private college did not make him a public official or public figure for purposes of the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA).
In McMurtrie v. Sarfo, No. E2023-01825-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 12, 2024), plaintiff was employed as the Director of Safety and Security at a small, private college. Though he had previously been a state trooper and FBI agent, at the time relevant to this case he was not a sworn law enforcement officer for any city or county, and he did not carry a gun. Instead, he oversaw campus security and was the supervisor for the college’s five security guards. None of these guards carried weapons or had the authority to arrest anyone.
Defendant Sarfo was an alumnus of the college. On a rainy night, he had stopped in front of a campus building to take a photo. When plaintiff saw Sarfo’s vehicle in the roadway, he pulled next to him and rolled down his window. He honked to get Sarfo’s attention, and when Sarfo rolled his window down, plaintiff asked “why are you parked in my driveway?” Plaintiff asserted that he meant this as a joke. Sarfo responded that he was taking a photo of a building he previously lived in, and that he was in a rental car and was having trouble shifting out of park. Plaintiff told Sarfo that he needed to move his car out of the middle of the road and into one of several open parking spaces. Sarfo asked plaintiff to identify himself, so plaintiff gave his name and title. The interaction between the men lasted approximately one minute, and there was no evidence that plaintiff knew Sarfo’s race before pulling next to him.
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hardeman County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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Summary judgment based on immunity under the GTLA was reversed where plaintiff was injured when he had a car accident due a road washout.
In Roberts v. Carter, No. W2023-01316-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 4, 2023), plaintiff was driving during rain when he had an accident caused by a washed out road. The speed limited for this road was 45 miles per hour, but plaintiff had slowed to 25 miles per hour before the accident. Although the area had sustained heavy rains, plaintiff left his home while it was not raining, but the rain resumed while he was driving. His visibility was thus reduced.
Three weeks before this accident, a county employee noted the presence of erosion at the outlet end of the culvert on this road. The county corrected this problem by “laying down riprap stone on the outlet end.” Plaintiff’s accident occurred at the opposite inlet end of this same culvert.
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Hardin County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Lauderdale County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023.
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After slipping and falling in a retail store, plaintiff had evidence that the store was aware of the spill with enough time to address or warn about it. Summary judgment for the store was therefore reversed.
In Alcantar v. Dolgencorp, LLC, No. M2023-01143-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 6, 2023), plaintiff slipped on liquid while shopping at defendant Dollar General store. Immediately after the fall, an employee came to check on plaintiff and told plaintiff that there was a large milk spill in the next aisle. Plaintiff took photos showing liquid in the aisle where he fell, as well as liquid in the next aisle accompanied by a mop and bucket. The photo of the next aisle also showed an employee cleaning the spill along with a warning sign.
Plaintiff filed a premises liability claim against the store. During depositions, the store manager stated that the standard procedure for a spill was to put up warning signs and to use gray towels to soak up any liquid. During plaintiff’s deposition, he admitted that he did not know how long the liquid had been in the floor. He testified that no gray towels were in use in the clean up on the next aisle. Instead, the employee was using a mop or squeegee and appeared to be spreading the liquid into the aisle where plaintiff fell.
