Day on Torts

MARCH 22, 2022

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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Day on Torts

JUNE 21, 2022

The Court pointed out that there is no Tennessee caselaw supporting the argument that “a lease or bailment was sufficient to meet the final element of conversion…,” but that caselaw instead “confirms that, in the typical case, the true owner of a property subject to a bailment is the bailor, not the bailee.” internal citation omitted).

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Day on Torts

MAY 18, 2022

Plaintiff asserted various claims against defendants, including breach of contract, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, and negligence, all of which the trial court dismissed as untimely pursuant to the three-year statute of limitations applicable to claims of injuries to real property.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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. The trial court dismissed the tort claim against the City pursuant to the GTLA, and dismissal was affirmed on appeal. In Robinson v.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Goodall had contracted with a construction company to build the sidewalk, which was substantially completed in September 2006. Note: Chapter 41, Section 7 and Chapter 89, Sections 1 and 6 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The homeowner who had hired the roofing company had entered into a separate contract with DSS, an equipment company, and rented scaffolding from them. Note: Chapter 89, Section 1 and Chapter 30, Section 4 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Tort Construction Court Statute 59

Day on Torts

AUGUST 12, 2021

Where defendant doctor was an employee of a governmental entity and plaintiffs failed to name the employer in their HCLA suit, dismissal under the Tennessee GTLA was affirmed. WTMG is a governmental entity under the definitions in the Governmental Tort Liability Act. In Braylon W. Walker , No. W2020-00692-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 12, 2021

Defendant relied on the fee agreement that bore plaintiff’s signature, which stated that the associate time would be $350/hour and defendant’s time would be $375/hour, and the trial court found that this contract was valid, as plaintiff had no proof of the alleged forgery. internal citation omitted). Inman , 974 S.W.2d 2d 689 (Tenn.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 23, 2021

As a diehard Cubs fans (and the fan personally responsible for breaking the Billy Goat curse before the World Series in 2016), the lawsuit from former Cub and World Series MVP Ben Zobrist brings together the Cubs and torts. In Tennessee, the tort tracks the common law elements. Allied Inv. 2d 270, 274-75 (Tenn.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] 23] Such laws are already on the books in Arkansas, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, some of which limit the amount and type of funding entirely. [24]

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Day on Torts

MAY 13, 2022

After also affirming the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s motion to continue and motion to amend, and well as affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on his breach of contract counterclaim, the trial court’s ruling was affirmed in whole. This opinion was released two months after oral arguments in this case.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In Tennessee, “the employee of an independent contractor enjoys the status of an invitee while performing work on the premises of the owner-contractee.” In Thompson v. Southland Constructors , No. M2019-02060-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. On appeal, the dismissal was reversed. internal citation omitted). internal citation and quotation omitted).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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.

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