When plaintiffs nonsuit (meaning voluntarily dismiss) their own claims, defendants are “prevailing parties” under statutory and contractual fee-shifting provisions, the Tennessee Supreme Court has held. The precedent-setting victory for Horwitz Law, PLLC client Vanessa Turner will affect thousands of cases in Tennessee each year
Williamson County Chancery Court Judge Deanna Johnson's order dismissing Horwitz Law, PLLC client Melissa Salmon's complaint against Fellowship Bible Church of Williamson County must be reversed, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The case arose out of an important new law—Tennessee Code Annotated
Hardeman County Chancery Court Judge William C. Cole's order dismissing Horwitz Law, PLLC client Benjamin Douglas's lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Correction must be reversed, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The lawsuit seeks injunctive and declaratory relief based on the safe
Three Aldermen who sued their constituents for petitioning them about local issues must pay their constituents' appellate attorney's fees, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The appeal arose from a trial court’s January 23, 2024 order dismissing a “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation” (a
"A trial court’s personal opinion is not a basis for restricting a person’s constitutional right to free speech," the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The ruling is a major and precedent-setting First Amendment victory for Horwitz Law, PLLC client Michael Malone. "There is
“The determination of whether an offense is eligible for expunction is an obligation entrusted to courts, not the TBI[,]” the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled. Accordingly, “the TBI lacked authority to refuse to comply” with a final and unappealed expungement order that no statute