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No reasonable reliance on alleged misrepresentation where plaintiff could have read the contract which contradicted defendant’s statement.

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8, 2022), plaintiff’s husband and step-son owned a commercial electrical contracting business. When the business was unable to finish the work project, the company for whom the work was to be done enforced its contract with plaintiff and her husband and took possession of various properties owned personally by plaintiff and her husband.

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Intentional interference with business relationships under the GTLA.

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City of Clarksville, Tennessee , No. This suit followed, asserting several contract and property claims, as well as a tort claim for intentional interference with business relationships. 29-20-205, which states that immunity is not removed “if the injury arises out of…interference with contract rights.” In Robinson v.

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Insurance statute did not create private right of action for general contractor

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The Tennessee Supreme Court recently explained the analysis for whether a statute creates a private right of action. Plaintiff general contractor brought this action in chancery court, asserting that it had a private right of action pursuant to a Tennessee statute. In Affordable Construction Services, Inc.

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Summary judgment vacated due to insufficient reasoning in trial court order.

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Shortly after the purchase, plaintiffs discovered the home was contaminated with mold, and they filed this action asserting claims for breach of contract, negligence, gross negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and intentional misrepresentation. of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Doctor’s Alleged Misrepresentation of Credential’s Falls Outside of HCLA requirements.

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Where plaintiff alleged that defendant doctor committed intentional misrepresentation and medical battery by stating that he was board-certified in plastic surgery when he was not, the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling that these claims were not governed by Tennessee’s HCLA. In Cooper v. Mandy , No.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. The federal district court for the Western District of Tennessee denied the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging long-term contracts for electricity between TVA and local utilities.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Northern District of Alabama dismissed on standing grounds a lawsuit asserting that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) environmental review for rate changes that affected rates for distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar did not satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.