Personal Injury Tort Washington 
Day on Torts
APRIL 13, 2023
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.
Day on Torts
APRIL 23, 2024
The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Washington County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. Click on the link for more information on the Washington County court system. Continue reading
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Day on Torts
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Today we follow up on our previous post about the number of civil trials in Tennessee and we concentrate on the number of trials in Tennessee personal injury, wrongful death and other tort cases. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, there were 108 jury trials and 121 non-jury trials in Tennessee tort cases.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2024
If there is a holy holiday for personal injury lawyers it is Halloween with its mix of slip-and-falls, food liability, and costume defects. This year, it is already producing its share of spooky torts. As a torts professor, I try to walk the line between a fun attraction and an attractive nuisance.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The case involves an insurance company’s attempt to block its insured’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which establishes a trust for certain current and future asbestos personal-injury liabilities. But the plan treats holders of insured and uninsured asbestos personal-injury claims differently. 26 and Oct. 26 and Oct.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 30, 2021
Now Major has bitten another person who reportedly required medical attention. In the prior column , I noted that under tort law a dog is afforded (at most) “one free bite” before strict liability applies. Washington, D.C. However, the city has laws that impose liability for allowed dogs to run free before an injury.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.
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