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Court of Appeals Opinions - 1st Quarter 2000

The following Tennessee Court of Appeals Opinions are available for download:

Cases Posted the Week of 03/27/2000
Hackney vs. DRD Management, Inc., d/b/a DTD Knoxville Medical Clinic, et al -E1999-02107-COA-R3-CV View
Harrison M. X. Pearison, Jr. vs. Paulette Mason Fossis Pearison - E1999-02339-COA-R3-CV View
Robert Bowman, et al vs. Gatlinburg Condo Mgt. - E1999-02096-COA-R3-CV View
State ex rel Jerry N. Estes vs. Johnny Dewayne Hicks - E1999-01603-COA-R3-CV View
R. E. Sharp, Jr. vs. Campbell Co. Bd. of Education & Campbell Co., TN - E1999-00397-COA-R3-CV View
Mary E. Nelson Strange vs. Hiram G. Hill - E1999-01531-COA-R3-CV View
F. G.Sutton vs. J.W. Sutton - E1999-00302-COA-R3-CV View
John Constantine, II et al vs. Miller Ind., Inc. et al - E1999-01575-COA-R3-CV View
Deborah Ann Holland vs. Jason Keith Holland - E1999-00586-COA-R3-CV View
In Re: Estate of Homer Haskell Mills, deceased Ronald Dean Mills vs. Peggy Sue Posey, et al - E1999-00110-COA-R3-CV View

Regina L. Hill vs. Ralph Osborne & Robert Osborne - E1999-00365-COA-R3-CV View
In Re: Estate of Lillie Mae Porter - E1999-00194-COA-R3-CV View
Timothy vs. Bowling vs. Lori Goff, Becky West, et al - E1998-00820-COA-R3-CV View

In Re: Adoption of Brian Dustin Copeland & Savannah Copeland Marie Graham & John Graham vs. Timothy Copeland - E1999-01514-COA-R3-CV

William L. Jenkins vs. Rule Construction, Inc. - E1999-01484-COA-R3-CV View
Sonny N. Gilliam vs. Loriann Calcott, et al - E1999-02365-COA-R3-CV View
International Marketing Group vs. Speegle, et al - M1999-0468-COA-R3-CV View
Lilly vs. Lilly - M1999-00681-COA-R3-CV View
Wagner vs. Wagner - M1999-01045-COA-R3-CV View
Gavin vs. Gavin - M1999-02755-COA-R3-CV View
Dean vs. Compton - M1998-00052-COA-R3-CV View
Hernandez vs. Hernandez - M1999-00967-COA-R3-CV View
Gibson vs. Trant, et al - M1999-00390-COA-R3-CV View
Robinson vs. Nissan Motor Mfg. Corp., USA - M1999-00296-COA-R3-CV View
Fahey vs. Eldridge - M1999-00500-COA-R3-CV View
Davis vs. Holland, et al - M1999-00460-COA-R3-CV View
Jackson vs. Jackson - M1999-00133-COA-R3-CV View
Al-Fatlawy vs. Doe and Chicago Insurance Co. - M1999-00195-COA-R9-CV View
Wheeler vs. TDOC - M1999-00569-COA-R3-CV View
State Dept. of Children's Svcs. vs. Hunter - M1999-02606-COA-R3-CV View
Ann King, et al vs. Danek Medical Inc., et al - W1999-02651-COA-R3-CV View
Valerie Ann Poole vs. City of Chattanooga - E1999-01965-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 03/13/2000
Suntheimer vs. Suntheimer - M1999-00248-COA-R3-CV View
Simonton vs. Huff - M1998-00493-COA-R3-CV View
Jones vs. Ewell - M1999-00883-COA-R3-CV View
Martin vs. Martin - M1999-00210-COA-R3-CV View
Brown vs. Brown - M1999-02739-COA-R3-CV View
Monroe Davis vs. State of Tennessee - W1999-02701-COA-R3-CV View
Thurman Deshazer vs. Ferrell Paving - W1998-00834-COA-R3-CV View
Dianne Fisher vs. Isaac Fisher - W1998-00864-COA-R3-CV View
Collier vs. Morgan - M1999-00476-COA-R3-CV View
Hartman vs. Univ. of TN - M1999-02730-COA-R3-CV View
Jackson vs. Futrell - M1999-01046-COA-R3-CV View
McKinney vs. Jarvis - M1999-00565-COA-R9-CV View
Ben Nama vs. Ayoub - M1999-00171-COA-R3-CV View
Nashville Clubhouse Inn, et al vs. Johnson - M1998-00898-COA-R3-CV View
Oldham vs. TN Dept. of Correction - M1998-00852-COA-R3-CV View
Pepper vs. Wood - M1999-00228-COA-R3-CV View
Scott vs. Ashland Healthcare Center - M1999-00346-COA-R3-CV View
State Auto Ins. Co. vs. Bishop - M1998-00900-COA-R3-CV View
Ward vs. TN Bd. of Paroles - M1999-02478-COA-R3-CV View
Whitaker vs. Whirlpool, et al - M1999-00231-COA-R3-CV View
Wilson Co. School System vs. Clifton - M1999-00359-COA-R3-CV View
Craftbilt Manufacturing Co. vs. United Window Company, Inc. - E1999-01529-COA-R3-CV
Frankie Pauline Maples vs. Frank Allen Maples - E1999-00550-COA-R3-CV View
Ronald Stephen Satterfield, vs. Gary Long and Richard M. Smith - E1999-00349-COA-R3-CV View
Steve W. Killian vs. Tabor Construction - E19999-01782-COA-R3-CV View
Vera Elizabeth Thomas vs. Kenneth Lamar Thomas - E1999-00563-COA-R3-CV View
Laura Ann Paskuly Lowenkron vs. Stuart Edwin Lowenkron - E1999-00332-COA-R3-CV View
Francis Ione Lethcoe, et al vs. Ricky Ray Holden, et ux , et al - E1999-02319-COA-R3-CV View

American Showbar Series, Inc. d/b/a Show Palace, Michael L. Grubb and Linda Strouth vs. Sullvan Co, TN , Robert Walling d/b/a Bottoms up Club, Robert Walling and Linda A. Strouth vs. Sullivan Co., TN and the State of Tn Atty General - E1999-00686-COA-R3-CV View
William C. Reno vs. Shannon A. Reno - E1999-00590-COA-R3-CV
Earl Smith, et ux vs. Emily B. Williams - E1999-01346-COA-R3-CV View
Blackmon vs. TN Bd. of Paroles - M1998-00887-COA-R3-CV View
Pike vs. John Maher Builders, Inc. - M1999-00094-COA-R3-CV View
Revis vs. McClean, et al - M1999-00658-COA-R3-CV View
Manufacturers Consolidation vs. Rick Rodell et al - W1998-00889-COA-R3-CV - W1998-00882-COA-R9-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 03/06/2000
Cynthia Y. Long vs. City of Maryville - E1999-00024-COA-R3-CV View
Cynthia Y. Long vs. City of Maryville - E1999-00024-COA-R3-CV View
Reuben N. Pelot, III vs. Nicholas S. Cakmes - E1999-02550-COA-R3-CV (Rehear) View
Kathleen Young-Green vs. Richard Green - W1999-00093-COA-R3-CV View
Dorothy Harmon vs. Harvey Harmon - W1998-00841-COA-R3-CV View
Timothy McClure vs. Stacy McClure - W1998-00804-COA-R3-CV View
Ray Gabrielle Cox vs. Anderson County Highway Dept . - E1999-01697-COA-R3-CV View
Ray Gabrielle Cox vs. Anderson County Highway Dept. - E1999-01697-COA-R3-CV (Dissent) View
Lannom vs. Bd. of Education - M1999-00137-COA-R3-CV View
Parker vs. First American Corp. - M2000-00456-COA-R3-CV
White vs. Dozier, et al - M1999-02386-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 02/28/2000
Owner-Operator Ind. Drivers Assoc., et al vs. Concord EFS, et al (Rehear Order) View
Environmental Abatement, Inc. vs. Astrum R.E. Corp. - M1998-00871-COA-R3-CV View
Crump vs. TN Civil Service Commission - M1999-02677-COA-R3-CV View
RE: The matter of Ashley Michele Menard - M1999-00117-COA-R3-CV View
Papachristou vs. The University of TN - M1999-00960-COA-R3-CV View
Hoalcraft vs. Smithson - M1999-00143-COA-R3-CV View
Adams vs. Cooper - M1999-02664-COA-R3-CV View
Adams vs. Cooper - M1999-02664-COA-R3-CV (Concur)
Pam Dawn Haskett vs .Mark Alan Haskett - E1999-01471-COA-R3-CV. View
Edith Frances Rogers vs. The Estate of Odis Glenn Rogers, et al - E1999-02293-COA-R3-CV. View
In re: Estate of Mary Timmons Austin , Thomas A. Scott, Jt. Robert C. Austin, Jr. vs. Elizabeth T. Austin - E1998-00825-COA-R3-CV. View

Belinda Hodge vs. Norman Vincent Hodge - E1999-02681-COA-R3-CV. View
Olympia Child Development Center, Inc. vs. Rodney Parton - E1999-02448-COA-R3-CV. View
Olympia Child Development Center, Inc. vs. Rodney Parton - E1999-02448-COA-R3-CV (Concur) View
Spangler & husband, Thomas Spangler vs. East Tennessee Baptist Hospital , a/k/a Baptist Health System, et al - E1999-01501-COA-R3-CV. View

Ted Lankford, et ux vs. Gilbert L. Young - E1999-1570-COA-R3-CV. View
Mitchell Sean Peak and Melissa Peak vs. Ted Russell Enterprises, Inc. - E1999-00286-COA-R3-CV. View
Elizabeth D. Lebrun, M.D., vs. Dale B. Elmore, M.D. , Appalachian Center for Women, PO.C., Maryville Medical Building Partnership and Loyce Holden Elmore - E1999-01523-COA-R3-CV. View

Charlene Colvin Ladd vs. Douglas Evan Colvin - E1999-02447-COA-R3-CV. View
James Harold Horne vs. Richard D. Phillips, and wife Nancy J. Phillips - E1999-00141-COA-R3-CV. View
In Re: Estate of Blanche Marie (Buckner)Peery Charles Perkins vs. Gladys Howard Swafford, et al - E1999-02318-COA-R3-CV. View

James Arlond Hancock vs. Bonnie Louis Pope Hancock - E1999-01003-COA-R3-CV. View
Polk County vs. Glenda B. Rogers, d/b/a Ocoee River Rats - E1999-01610-COA-R3-CV. View
Henry Schein, Inc., vs. Edmond Watts, DVM, - E1999-02128-COA-R3-CV. View
State of Tennessee, ex rel., Mickey Phillips, vs. Gwen Knox - E1999- 00205-COA-R3-CV View
Ralph E. Williams vs. Dept of Employment Security , Comm. Margaret Culpepper, and Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority - E1999-01528-COA-R3-CV View

Dorothy Tharp vs. Lenita Kay Tharp - E1999-00921-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 02/21/2000
Steve Myers vs. Danny Wilson & Elmo Mayes - E1998-00732-COA-R3-CV View
Buford Knight vs. Greene County, TN & Alan D. Broyles - E1999-02445-COA-R3-CV View
Charles Barnett vs. Justin Oliver - W1998-00837-COA-R3-CV
Marilyn Powell vs. Brenda Moore - W1998-00001-COA-R3-CV
In the Matter of Renee Valle - W1998-00617-COA-R3-CV View
Donald James Alexander vs. Carolyn Paxton Alexander - E1998-00855-COA-R3-CV View
Ali vs. Professional Real Estate Developers, Inc. - M1999-00082-COA-R3-CV View
Estate of Connie S. Bligh - M1999-02645-COA-R3-CV View
Price vs. Price - M1998-00840-COA-R3-CV View
Ross vs. Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Ctr. - M1999-02644-COA-R3-CV View
Stephens vs. Roane State Comm. College - M1998-00125-COA-R3-CV View
In Re: Nikolas Dean Welch - M1999-02649-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 02/07/2000
Williams vs. Berube & Assoc., et al - M1998-00802-COA-R3-CV View
The Realty Assoc., et al, vs. Richter/Dial Builders, Inc., et al - M1997-00168-COA-R3-CV View
Parkey vs. Parkey - M1999-00015-COA-R3-CV View
Lyons vs. Farmers Insurance, et al - M1999-00160-COA-R3-CV View
Kanbi vs. Sousa - M1999-00025-COA-R3-CV View
Bomar vs. TN Dept. of Mental Health - M1999-00951-COA-R3-CV View
David Chenault vs. Jeff Walker, et al - W1998-00769-COA-RM-CV View
G.E. Capital vs. Belinda Young - W1998-00729-COA-R3-CV View
Robert Lamb vs. MegaFlight - W1998-00797-COA-R3-CV View
Leslie Lewis vs. John/Virginia Muchmore - W1998-00794-COA-R3-CV View
David Lefemine & David Sander vs. Phillips & Jordan, Inc. - E1999- 02432-COA-R3-CV View
In the Matter of The Liquidation for United American Bank of Knoxville, TN Security Pacific Equipment Leasing, Inc. vs. Federal Deposit Insurance - E1999-00270-COA-R3-CV View
Gerald w. Smith vs. Harriman Utitlity Board , R. A. Hall and the City of Harriman - 1999-02456-COA-R3-CV View
Judy Lynn Patterson Conner vs. Billy Ray Conner - E1999-02289-COA-R3-CV View
Wanda Shadwick vs. Shirley Young, and Betty Tompkins & F. H. Shoemaker Distributors, Inc. - E1999-02607-COA-R3-CV View
State vs. Male Pit Bull, Dewayne Rogers, Shanie Rogers , Billie Jean Ritchie Jones - E1999-01385-COA-R3-CV View
Richard Pallmer Jahn, Jr. vs. Sheryl June Jahn - E1999-01098-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 01/31/2000
Harley White & William Mack White vs. Guy N. Jones,et ux - E1999- 01605-COA-R3-CV View
Joe Parker, et al vs. Board of Commissioners of Roane Co., TN & Board of Commissioners of Roane Co., TN vs. Joe Parker, et al - E1999-02277-COA-R3-CV View

Barbara Branum vs. Corrine W. Akins, & Melvin L. Akins - E1999-0865-COA-R3-CV View
Duffy Tool & Stamping, Inc. vs. Bosch Automotive Motor Systems - M1997-00144-COA-R3-CV View
Watson vs. Watson - M1999-02527-COA-R3-CV View
Scott vs. Rogers Group - M1999-00048-COA-R3-CV View
Brown vs. Birman Managed Care - M1999-02551-COA-R3-CV View
Owner-Operator Ind. Drivers Assoc., et al vs. Concord EFS, et al - M1999-02560-COA-R3-CV View
Dargi vs. Terminix and State of TN - M1999-00145-COA-R3-CV
In the Matter of: K.E.C.D., a minor - M1998-00759-COA-R3-CV
State o/b/o Vaughn vs. Kaatrude - M1997-00146-COA-R3-CV View
Logue vs. Shelbyville Housing Authority - M1999-02555-COA-R3-CV View
Stokes vs. Arnold - M1998-00749-COA-R3-CV View
Wells vs. Wells - M1998-00748-COA-R3-CV
Bean vs. McWherter - M1999-01493-COA-R3-CV View
Reuben N. Pelot, III vs. Nicholas S. Cakmes - E1999-02550-COA-R3-CV. View
Donny & Pamela J. Oaks vs. Gary & Linda Stewart - E1999-02098-COA-R3-CV. View
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance vs. Brian Howard, et al - E1999-02558-COA-R3-CV View
Tamara E. Lowe vs. Granville Simpson, et ux - E1999-02548-COA-R3-CV
Mildred Whaley vs. Scott Griffith Wolfenbarger - E1999-02518-COA-R3-CV. View
Jeffrey L. Lawson vs. University of Tennessee - E1999-02516-COA-R9-CV. View
Mark Anthony vs. Lora Long, nancy McAmis & Sherwood Chevrolet - E1998-00747-COA-R3-CV. View
Herman L. Garner, et al vs. Blount county, et al - E1999-02525-COA-R3-CV . View
William George Baltrip vs. Roy K. Norris, et al . Carolyn Turner vs. Monroe Farmers Cooperative - E1999-02545-COA-R3-CV View


Cases Posted the Week of 01/24/2000
Maureen McIntyre, vs. CBL Assocs. Mgt, Inc., CBL & Assoc., Inc., Lee Partners & Shared Appreciation 1, LTD. - E1999-02285-COA-R3-CV. View

Danuta Carmichael, daughter and surviving heir of Elisabeth M. Wicha, deceased vs. Pamela A. Bridgeman, M.D. & Alexm. Alexander, M.D. - E1999-02427-COA-R3-CV. View

James R. Golden vs. Holly N. Hood (Black) - E1999-02443-COA-MR3-CV View
West vs. West - M1998-00725-COA-R3-CV View
Advantage Funding Corp. vs. Mid-TN Manufacturing Co. - M1997-00133-COA-R3-CV View View
Baker, et al vs. American Paper and Twine Co. - M1999-00142-COA-R9-CV
Lineberry vs. Ashe - M1999-00075-COA-R3-CV View
Woodridge Properties vs. Franco-Ward - M1999-00458-COA-R3-CV View
Tommy Lee White vs. Caroldene White - E1998-00664-COA-R3-CV View
Kelvin Jackson vs. Edward W. Sunkenberg - E1999-02271-COA-R3-CV. View
Barbara Beaty vs L. Gene Irwin, D.D.S., E1999-00014-COA-R3-CV. View
Sharon Denise Ray vs. John Alan Ray - E1999-01326-COA-R3-CV. View
Ronald Stephen Satterfield vs. Gary Long & Richard m. Smith - E1998-00349-COA-R3-CV. View
Harrison Wayne Harville vs. Robert K. Wolfe - E1999-02263-COA-R3-CV. View
Patsy Reynolds vs. James Lee Reynolds - E1999-00380-COA-R3-CV View
Estate of Grover Pemberton & Industrial Logging, vs. Mabel Pennington & George Pennington - E1999-01308-COA-R3-CV. View

City of Chattanooga, TN vs. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. , MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc. American Communications Services, Inc., & TCG Midsouth, Inc. - E1999-01573-COA-R3-CV. View

Ruth M. Coe vs. City of Sevierville - E1999-02296-COA-R3-CV View
Patricia J. Thompson vs. Johnny W. Hulse , J.E. Light, David Cheek & the Board of Trustees of the Horse Creek Freewill Baptist Church - E1999-02474-COA-R3-CV. View

Esther Jane Kerr vs. Howard Truitt Kerr - E1999-00214-COA-R3-CV View
David W. Kent vs. Edwards & Associates, Inc. , Aeronautical Accessories, Inc., Aeronautical Plastics, Inc., Aeronautical Rotor Blades, Inc., Gloria M. Wolfe, Executrix of the estate of James A. Wolfe & Robert B. McNab - E1999-00399-COA-R9-CV View

Vermont Mutual Ins. Co. vs. Marta Chiu , & First TN National Corp. and Commercial Credit Plan, Inc. - E1999-0892-COA-R3-CV View

Kelly Renee Trout Connell vs. Brian Sutherland Connell - E1998- 00731-COA-R3-CV View
Don Culbreath vs. First Tn Bank - W1998-00426-COA-R3-CV View
Marsha McDonald vs. Samuel Cowan - W1998-00730-COA-R3-CV View
Davis vs. TN Dept. of Employment Security - M1996-00021-COA-R3-CV View
Strzelecki vs. McGriff - M1999-00057-COA-R3-CV View
Herald, et al vs. Johnson - M1999-00585-COA-R3-CV View
M.R. Dillard Construction vs. J.P. Realty, II, Inc. - M1999-01250-COA-R3-CV View
Swanson vs. Peterson - M1999-00241-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 01/17/2000
Janet Scarbrough vs. Edd Scarbrough - W1998-00167-COA-R3-CV View
Dianne Dobson/Husband vs. State - W1999-02014-COA-R3-CV View
LCI International vs. Margo Swartwood - W1999-02312-COA-R3-CV View
Consumer Advocate vs. TRA - M1999-02151-COA-R12-CV View
Custom Built Homes vs. McNamara, et al - M1998-00042-COA-R3-CV View
Wachovia vs. Johnson - M1999-00166-COA-R3-CV View
Cannon vs. March - M1999-02123-COA-R3-CV View
Chapman vs. Jones - M1999-02178-COA-R9-CV View
Doyle vs. Cole and NES - M1999-02115-COA-R9-CV View
Farley vs. Leblanc - M1999-02155-COA-R3-CV View
Fahrner vs. SW Manufacturing - M1999-00021-COA-R3-CV View
Carlos Well vs. Hammet & Sons - W1998-00571-COA-R3-CV View
Lorenzo Childress vs. Union Realty - W1998-00658-COA-R3-CV View
James Ferguson vs. Debbie Warren - W1999-02058-COA-R3-CV View
David Gross vs. Sheriff A.C. Gilless - W1998-00548-COA-R3-CV View
Sarah Hull vs Ruth Johnson - W1999-02011-COA-R3-CV View
Katherine Jarred vs. Kistie Hendrix - W1998-00550-COA-R3-CV View
Lezley Johnson vs. Kenneth Downing - W1998-00549-COA-R3-CV View
Frank Morimanno vs. Tommy Middleton - W1998-00563-COA-R3-CV View
Robert Payne vs. Leslie Shumake - W1999-02059-COA-R3-CV View
Willie Sandifer vs. Civil Service Bd. - W1999-02017-COA-R3-CV View
William Sims vs. Eddie Stewart - W1998-00560-COA-R3-CV View
Brenda Sneed vs. Thomas Stovall - W1998-00607-COA-R9-CV View
Tennessee Bank/Trust vs. Paragon Paint - W1998-00556-COA-R3-CV View
Blaylock/Brown Const. vs. Collierville Bd. - W1998-00596-COA-R3-CV View
Decatur Co. Bank vs. Robert Smith - W1999-02022-COA-R30CV View
Tamara Emison vs. Randy Emison - W1998-00591-COA-R3-CV View
Thomas Fowler vs. Maxine Middlecoff - W1998-00567-COA-R3-CV View
In Matter of: Tamika Baker, etc. - W1998-00606-COA-R3-CV View
Sarah High vs. James High - W1998-00569-COA-R3-CV View
Andrei Mihut vs. Maria Mihut - W1998-00601-COA-R3-CV View
El Ahkeen vs. Tony Parker - W1998-00640-COA-R3-CV View
Lillie Mays vs. Fred's Inc. - W1999-02189-COA-R3-CV View
Lisa Norton vs. Max Norton - W1999-02176-COA-R3-CV View
Robert Stewart vs. Lynda Stewart - W1999-02185-COA-R3-CV View
Alonzo Bonner vs. Transcon Corp. - W1999-02205-COA-R3-CV View
Olanda Carter vs. R.J. Reynonlds - W1999-02233-COA-R3-CV View
Sam Posey vs. City of Memphis - W1999-02225-COA-R3-CV View
Joseph Stephenson vs. Keith West - W1998-00668-COA-R3-CV View

Cases Posted the Week of 01/03/2000
Brown vs. Brown - M1998-00554-COA-R3-CV View
Cantrell vs. In the Matter of: Estate of Jerry A. Cantrell - M1998-00536-COA-R3-CV View
Kincaid vs. Kincaid - M1998-00529-COA-R3-CV View
Marshall vs. Jackson & Jones Oils, Inc. - M1997-00104-COA-R3-CV View
White vs. Vanderbilt - M1997-00105-COA-R3-CV View

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