March 2–March 8, 2024 Trial court issues order forbidding contact between Mother and Father who share a child. To enable court-ordered visitation exchanges, though, the original order is then modified by agreement to require contact between Mother and Father. After Father twice talks to Mother about
February 24–March 1, 2024 Ex-Husband who’s big mad about losing three Subway franchises in the divorce files a Rule 60.02 motion to set aside the judgment, claiming that Ex-Wife committed fraud in her valuation of the franchises. Tennessee Court of Appeals: Lettuce count the ways
February 17–February 23, 2024 Plaintiff sues Health Care Providers for medical malpractice (which Tennessee calls “health care liability” because medical malpractice sounds bad). A major issue at trial was whether Health Care Providers failed to meet the standard of care by failing to administer
February 10–February 16, 2024 Bank 1 sues Bank 2 regarding an “approximately $100 million” loss related to its purchase of collateralized debt obligations—better known as “the toxic assets that catalyzed the Great Recession.” Tennessee Court of Appeals: Because reasonable diligence would have put Bank 1
A “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation” (a SLAPP-suit) filed by three City of Fayetteville, Tennessee, Aldermen against two citizens who petitioned them must be dismissed with prejudice, the Circuit Court for Lincoln County, Tennessee, has ruled. The Court also awarded the two citizens “their court
January 20–26, 2024 Dog runs into Bicyclist, causing Bicyclist to crash and sustain injuries. Bicyclist sues Dog Owner for negligence. Tennessee Court of Appeals: Seventeen pages later, it turns out that Bicyclist didn’t have any evidence that Dog Owner even owned the particular dog
Horwitz Law, PLLC client Sophia Johnston—a devout Muslim woman who was illegally required to remove and be photographed without wearing her hijab after being arrested for a minor (since-dismissed) criminal charge in August 2023—has reached a settlement with Rutherford County, Tennessee. As part of her
January 13–19, 2024 Everything is shut down due to inclement/inconsiderate weather, so just two opinions this week. You'll get more analysis than usual to make up for the weak content, though. Driver drives into a fence before hitting a
A snappy weekly newsletter from the lawyers at Horwitz Law, PLLC summarizing the week's decisions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. January 5–12, 2024 Ex-client who “murdered his wife in the marital residence on October 19, 2018” and is
Former District 35 Councilman Dave Rosenberg has been awarded $100,000.00 in sanctions after earlier prevailing against a defamation lawsuit filed by failed Tennessee House candidate and former District 35 challenger Michelle Foreman. A copy of the Court's sanctions order—the largest sanction ever awarded