May 31–June 6, 2025 Plaintiffs—one of them an oft-sanctioned lawyer—file especially vindictive SLAPP-suit against Mother after Mother speaks out about Plaintiffs’ troubling behavior toward Mother’s minor daughter. The lawsuit is filed shortly after Mother reports Plaintiffs to DCS. Following extensive trial court proceedings, trial
May 24–May 30, 2025 Pro Se Litigant chronically violates discovery orders. Eventually, the trial court sanctions Pro Se Litigant by dismissing his complaint without prejudice. After the trial court announces that ruling, but before its written dismissal order enters, Pro Se Litigant moves to
May 17–May 23, 2025 After Defendants complain about their HOA refusing to let them erect a wooden security fence for their disabled son, HOA Officials file a “Civil Warrant Restraining Order”—which famously is not a thing—in Blount County General Sessions Court. Defendants petition to
May 10–May 16, 2025 Widely Disliked Tennessee Lawyer serves as plaintiff in a Tennessee Adult Protection Act (elder abuse) case. The case involves two competing wills: a 2016 will that leaves Decedent’s estate to a local animal shelter, and a 2020 will that leaves Decedent’s
May 3–May 9, 2025 Dog Owners own two dogs. Those dogs previously attacked an employee of the facility where Dog Owners boarded them. So Dog Owners are told that their dogs cannot be boarded at that facility anymore, and they switch boarding facilities. Sadly,
April 26–May 2, 2025 Woman is on the receiving end of a series of orders of protection for stalking—and making threatening and unhinged posts directed at—a member of the rock band Mötley Crüe and his family. The orders broadly prohibit Woman from contacting the Petitioner, either
April 19–April 25, 2025 Plaintiffs file suit in 2021 related to a 2017 property sale contract between their LLC and Defendants. The Plaintiffs amend their complaint in 2023 but do not add the LLC as a party. In 2024, the Plaintiffs move for leave to
March 22–April 18, 2025 One of Tennessee’s most-reversed trial court judges is assigned a procedurally complex de novo General Sessions appeal of a granted stalking-based order of protection. Halfway through the trial on the stalker’s de novo appeal to Circuit Court, the stalker nonsuits
March 8–March 21, 2025 Neighbors hate one another. After doing some research, Neighbor #1 posts (as part of a larger statement, much of which was uncontestedly true): “The criminal check revealed that [Neighbor #2] has a criminal record in Texas. [Neighbor #2] moved to
February 22–March 7, 2025 After obtaining a Grandparent Visitation Order over Single Father’s objections, Grandparents file 23-count criminal contempt petition against Single Father, seek to have him jailed for 230 days based on asserted violations of the Grandparent Visitation Order. After a bench trial, former