Court of Appeals Opinions - 1^st Quarter 1998

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

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Cases posted the Week of 03/30/1998
Charles Dorse vs. Martin Kriger - 02A01-9712-CH-00315 View
Estate of Bessie Holmes, Deceased - 02A01-9707-PB-00158 View
H.W. Jenkins Co. vs. G.T. Designs - 02A01-9707-CH-00170 View
In the Matter of: Jamie, Janet & Jhanaid Murphy - 02A01-9610-CV-00259 View

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Cases posted the Week of 03/23/1998
Koella vs. Mchargue - 03A019708-CH-00376 View
Isom vs. Knox Co. - 03A01-9708-CH-00333 View
Lucas vs. Lucas - 03A01-9707-CV-00298 View
Peele vs. Earl - 03A01-9707-CV-00244 View
Casa vs. Musick - 03A01-9708-JV-00368 View
Beck vs. Beck, Jr. - 01A01-9710-CV-00547 View
Moody vs.Dist. Public Defenders Conference - 01A01- 9707-CH-00311 View
Moody vs.Dist. Public Defenders Conference - 01A01- 9707-CH-00311 (Dissent) View
Waters vs. Layne - 01A01-9708-CV-00402 View
Norman vs. Norman - 03A01-9702-CV-00047 View
Chadwell vs. Knox - 03A019708-CV-00358 View
Edwards vs. State - 03A01-9707-CV-00302 View
Wharton vs. Wharton - 03A01-9707-CH-00267 View
Bull vs. Bull - 03A01-9708-CV-00373 View
Harless vs. Kingsport - 03A01-9707-CH-00289 View
Porter vs. Edwards - 03A01-9709-CV-00393 View
Swiggett vs. Ogle - 03A01-9709-CH-00430 View
Buford vs. Buford - 03A01-9710-CV-00445 View
Martin vs. Martin - 03A01-9708-GS-00323 View
Rice vs. Rice - 03A01-9709-CV-00415 View
Shankel vs. Morris - 03A01-9710-CV-00478 View
Hicks vs. Cox - 03A01-9701-CH-00019 View
DHS vs. Darr - 03A01-9706-JV-00213 View
Mugford vs. Lethco - 03A01-9709-CV-00412 View
Custom Built Homes vs. G.S. Hinsen Company, Inc. - 01A01-9511-CV-00513 View

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Cases posted the Week of 03/16/1998
Hooker vs. Thompson - 01A01-9709-CH-00533 View
Wilson vs. Mcwherter - 01A01-9706-CV-00266 View
Bottoms vs. State - 01A01-9706-JV-00249 View
State vs. Moss - 01A01-9708-JV-00424 View
Wilson vs. Wilson - 01A01-9704-CV-00152 View
Barnett vs. Barnett, Sr. - 01A01-9706-CV-00244 View
Emma Clark vs. Randy Perry - 02A01-9704-CH-00080 View

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Cases posted the Week of 03/09/1998
Harry Luther vs. Billy Compton, et al - 02A01-9710-CV-00253 View
Lorrie Murphy vs. Jessica Chadwell - 02A01-9705-CV-00105 View
Cynthia Phillips vs. Francis Perot - 02A01-9704-CV-00094 View
Cynthia Phillips vs. Francis Perot - 02A01-9704-CV-00094 (Concur) View
First American National Bank vs. Alexander & Betty Smith - 02A01-9710-CH-00273 View
Nelson McCoy vs. Dallas Thomason & Sons Cotton - 02A01-9710-CV-00258 R.S. View
Reed & Sons vs. Freightliner Corp. - 2A01-9709-CV-00206 View
Elizabeth Bates vs. Robert Bates - 02A01-9708-CH-00185 View
Less, Getz & Lipman vs. Rainbow Entertainment - 02A01-9706-CV-00124 View
Town of Collierville vs. Norfolk Southern Railway - 02A01-9706-CV-00134 View

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Cases posted the Week of 03/02/1998
Anderson vs. Anderson - 01A01-9704-CH-00186 View
Landry, Jr. vs. Rudd - 01A01-9707-CV-00303 View
City of Murfreesboro vs. Worthington - 01A01-9703-CV-00124 View
Barker vs. Barker - 01A01-9704-CH-00192 View
Barker vs. Barker - 01A01-9704-CH-00192 (Concur) View
Blackmon vs. Glaser - 01A01-9606-CV-00269 View
Hoover vs. Hoover - 01A01-9706-CV-00245 View
In the matter of: Joel Kristen Sipe - 01A01-9704-JV-00185 View
Patricia Herndon vs. Michael/Jeanette Hughes, et al - 02A01-9706-CV-00128 View
Ronald Nelson vs. James Everett - 02A01-9707-CV-00150 View
Bell vs. Icard - 93A01-9707-CV-00292 View
Bullard vs. City of Chattanooga - 03A01-9705-CH-00193 View
Lind vs. Webb - 03A01-9710-CH-00473 View
Renfro vs. Doe - 03A01-9710-CV-00447 View
Interstate vs. MCH - 03A01-9706-CH-00234 View
Berry vs. Berry - 03A01-9707-CH-00410 View
Dixson vs. Atlantic - 03A01-9709-CV-00417 View
Southland vs. Tabor - 03A01-9710-CV-00455 View
Scenic vs. City of Sevierville - 03A01-9709-CH-00439 View
Meese vs. Powers vs. Meese - 03A01-9705-CH-00197 View
Cousins vs. MK - 03A01-9709-CV-00435 View
Ronnie Bradfield vs. Stephanie Cole, et al - 02A01-9707-CV-00171 View
Debra Tipton vs. John Harris - 02A01-9706-CV-00114 View
Brown vs. Davidson - 01A01-9702-CV-00049 9 (Petition to Rehear) View

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Cases posted the Week of 02/23/1998
Miller vs. Sturdivant - 03A01-9709-CV-004444 View
Ramsey vs. Town - 03A01-9708-CH-00321 View
Witt vs. Tennessee - 03A01-9709-CH-00400 View
Walker vs. Exchange - 03A01-9709-CV-00402 View
Pehlman vs. Pehlman - 03A01-9708-CV-00339 View
Copas vs. Copas - 03A01-9708-CV-00375 View
Allstate vs. Auto - 03A01-9706-CH-00225 View
Slate vs. State - 03A01-9708-CV-00369 View
Bellamy vs. State - 03A01-9701-BC-00035 View
Bunch vs. Lloyd - 03A01-9708-CV-00331 View
Lampley vs. Lampley - 01A01-9708-CH-00423 (Order) View
Lampley vs. Lampley - 01A01-9708-CH-00423 (Concur) View
Brady vs. Valentine - 01A01-9707-CV-00308 View
Hooker vs. Thompson - 01A01-9709-CH-00533 View
Kizer vs. Kizer - 01A01-9707-GS-00304 View
Molin, M.D., et . ux. vs. Perryman Construction Co. - 01A01-9705-CV-00232 View
Reid vs. Sundquist - 01A01-9709-CH-00494 View
Rivergate Toyota, Inc. vs. Huddleston - 01A01-9602-CH-00053 View
Webb vs. Mortgage Systems Corp. - 01A01-9512-CH-00566 View
Virginia vs. Wagner - 03A01-9705-CH-00177 View
Greenback vs. Loudon - 03A01-9706-CV-00207 View
Vega-Horta vs. Wyeth - 03A01-9706-CV-00226 View
Rudy Holmes vs. Sheriff Jack Owens, et al - 02A01-9706-CV-00115 View
Johnny Moffitt vs. Carthel Smith - 02A01-9705-CV-00095 View
Shelby Co. Deputy Sheriff's, et al vs. Shelby Co. et al - 02A01-9706-CH-00126 View
Ray Thompson vs. State - 02A01-9705-BC-00102 View
Jacqueline Laird & Janice Rodgers vs. James Doyle II - 02A01-9707-CV-00153 View
Jean Wallace vs. Richard Wallace - 02A01-9702-CH-00029 View
Bobby Roberson vs. Martha Brasfield, Comm., et al - 02A01-9704-CV-00085 View
Tarkington vs. Tarkington - 01A01-9706-CV-00270 (Order) View
Devore vs. Deloitte & Touche - 01A01-9602-CH-00073 View
Dooley (Blalock) vs. Dooley - 01A01-9704-CV-00174 View
Erdly vs. Erdly - 01A01-9706-CH-00269 View
Geyer vs. Geyer - 01A01-9707-CH-00372 View
Harrison, et. al. vs. Laursen, et. al. - 01A01-9705-CH-00238 View
Landry vs. Rudd - 01A019707-CV-00303 View
Landry vs. Rudd - 01A019707-CV-00303 (Concur) View
Residents Against Ind. Landfill vs. Dept. of Environment - 01A01-9507-CH-00311 View
Venture Express vs. Zilly, Ind. - 01A01-9704-CV-00172 View

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Cases posted the Week of 02/16/1998
Jerry & Sara Malone vs. First Capital Home Improvement - 02A01-9704-CV-00091 View

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Cases posted the Week of 02/09/1998
Carson vs. Agri-Products Special Markets - 01A01-9708-CV-00420 View
Culp vs. J.B. Hinson & Pevahouse - 01A01-9707-CV-00307 View
Hollis vs. Hollis - 01A01-9704-CH-00178 View
Karr vs. Gibson - 01A01-9605-CH-00220 View
Little, et. al. vs. Hogan, et. al. - 01A01-9707-CV-00291 View
Little, et. al. vs. Hogan, et. al. - 01A01-9707-CV-00291 (Concur) View
Sanders, et. ux. vs. Mansfield, et. al. - 01A01-9705-CH-00222 View
Sherrell vs. Sherrell - 01A01-9703-CH-00131 View
Child Support Svcs. vs. Russell - 01A01-9706-JV-00267 View
West vs. Dept. of Correction, et. al. - 01A01-9706-CV-00243 View
McGlothlin vs. Bristol - 03A01-9706-CV-00236 View
Mildred Daniel vs. James Daniel - 02A01-9606-CH-00135 View
Robert Martin vs. Union Planters - 02A01-9708-CV-00179 View
Cheri Tuncay vs. Engin Tuncay - 02A01-9709-CH-00209 View
Knoll vs. Knoll - 03A01-9707-CH-00275 View
Stephens vs. Revco - 03A01-9708-CV-00351 View
Worley vs. State - 03A01-9708-JV-00366 View
Roseberry vs. Roseberry - 03A01-9706-CH-00237 View
Pierce vs. Pierce - 03A01-9707-GS-00250 View
Citizens For Collierville vs. Town of Collierville, et al - 02A01-9707-CH-00142 View
Gina Franklin & Barney Franklin vs. Allied Signal, Inc. - 02A01-9704-CV-00088 View

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Cases posted the Week of 02/02/1998
Homebound vs. Hospital - 03A01-9707-CH-00303 View
Branch vs. McCroskey - 03A01-9709-CV-00385 View
Payne vs. Savell - 03A01-9708-CV-00352 View
Streun vs. Streun - 03A01-9707-CV-00299 View
Miller vs. Williams - 03A01-9707-CV-00270 View
DHS vs. Malone - 03A01-9706-JV-00224 View
Tepedino vs. Tepedino - 01A01-9701-CH00035 View
Fetterolf vs. Fetterolf - 01A01-9704-JV-00171 View
Anderson vs. Anderson - 01A01-9704-CH-00186 View
Brown , as next friend vs. Walmart Discount - 01A01-9705-CV- 00217 View
Lampley vs. Lampley - 01A01-9708-CH-00423 View
Perry vs. Van Hise, et .al. - 01A01-9705-CH-00227 View
Pollock vs. Pollock - 01A01-9706-CH-00271 View
Tarkington vs. Tarkington - 01A01-9706-CV-00270 View
McCallie vs. Dinsmore - 03A01-9708-CH-00318 View
Underground - City of Knoxville - 03A01-9709-CH-00425 View
Lockridge vs. Lockridge - 03A01 -9709-CH-00392 View
City of Milan Hosp., et al vs. Rex Ferrell, et al - 02A01-9703-CH-00068 View
Ronnie Bradfield vs. Donal Campbell, et al - 02A01-9708-CV-00192 View
Tom Ewell, et al vs. Anne Hill - 02A01-9608-CH-00178 View
William Sims vs. Eddie Stewart, et al - 02A01-9706-CV-00123 View
Schering Healthcare vs. St. Bd. Equalization - 02A01-9703-CH-00058 View
Clarence Washington vs. State - 02A01-9705-BC-00109 View
Charles Crews vs. Dexter Road Partners, et al 02A01-9603-CH-00045 View
Ellen Marcus vs. Louis Marcus - 02A01-9611 -CV-00286 View

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Cases posted the Week of 01/26/1998
Tuttle vs. Tuttle - 01A01-9512-CV-00546 View
Tuttle vs. Tuttle - 01A01-9512-CV-00546 (Order) View
Dillard vs. The Vanderbilt University - 01A01-9706-CV-00265 View
Horton vs. Hughes - 01A01-9601-CV-00045 View
McGee vs. Pippin - 01A01-9706-CH-00289 View
Oolie vs. Qureshi - 01A01-9706-CV-00240 View
Sims vs. Davenport -01A01-9605-CH-00229 View
Besh vs. Coppick - 01A01-9605-CH-00234 View
El-Amin vs. Campbell - 01A01-9707-CH-00361 View
Estis, et. al. vs. Kelley, et. al. - 01A01-9709-CV-00513 View
Jackson vs. Corrections Corp. of America - 01A01-9606-CH- 00276 View
Luzadder, et. ux. vs. Fowler - 01A01-9706-CH-00239 View
Mitchell vs. Archibald & Metro. Gov't. - 01A01-9706-CV-00264 View
Sawyer vs. Girsham, et. al. - 01A01-9604-CH-00176 View
Someday Baby, Inc. vs. Entertainment Int'l. - 01A01-9705-CH- 00228 View
Someday Baby, Inc. vs. Entertainment Int'l. - 01A01-9705-CH- 00228 (Concur) View
Standard Fire Ins. vs. Chester-O-Donley & Assoc. - 01A01-9508- CV-00382 View
Stevenson vs. Stevenson - 01A01-9701-CV-00032 View
Turner vs. Turner - 01A01-9704-CV-00188 View
Williams vs. Comer - 01A01-9701-CH-00008 View

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Cases posted the Week of 01/19/1998
Wilson vs. Wilson - 03A01-9708-CV-00324 View
Hicks vs. Hicks - 03A01-9708-CV-00359 View
Ferrell vs. Repass - 03A01-9707-CV-00242 View
Davis vs. Modine - 03A01-9705-CH-00170 View
Residents vs. Diversified - 03A01-9703-CV-00102 View

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Cases posted the Week of 01/12/1998
Dowling, aka: Berle - 01A01-9706-PB-00268 View
Dowling, aka: Berle - 01A01-9706-PB-00268 (Dissent) View
Griffin (Meyer) vs. Griffin - 01A01-9704-CV-00190 View
Knight vs. City of Gallatin - 01A01-9705-CV-00213 View
Smiley, et. al. vs. Walker - 01A01-9704-JV-00164 View
Smiley, et. al. vs. Walker - 01A01-9704-JV-00164 (Concur) View
Wilson vs. State - 01A01-9706-CV-00266 View
Billie Russell vs. Pakkala M.D. - 02A01-9703-CV-00053 View
Emma Smith vs. Hubert Smith - 02A01-9709-CV-00223 View
IN RE: Estate of O'Neal - 03A01-9706-CH-00214 View
Harvell vs. Williams - 01A01-9706-CH-00258 View
Ogburn vs. Dept. of Corrections - 01A01-9707-CH-00284 View
Ogburn vs. Dept. of Corrections - 01A01-9707-CH-00284 (Dissent) View
Harvell vs. Williams - 01A01-9706-CH-00258 View
Stinson vs. 138 Fifth Avenue South, et. al. - 01A01-9702-CV-00060 View
Stinson vs. 138 Fifth Avenue South, et. al. - 01A01-9702-CV-00060 (Concur) View
Graves vs. Grady's - 03A01-9708-CV-00336 View
Henson vs. Carte r - 03A01-9706-CV-00230 View
Deroyal vs. Johnson - 03A01-9708-CH-00328 View
Williamson vs. Sanders - 03A01-9705-JV-00184 View
Ridley vs. Ridley - 03A01-9708-GS-00350 View
Haren vs. Haren - 03A01-9707-CV-00253 View
M & M vs. Maples - 03A01-9705-CH-00171 View
Robert McCurley, et al vs. Harold Angus - 02A01-9703-CV-00059 View
LJB vs. Craig - 03A019706-CH-00243 View

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Cases posted the Week of 01/05/98
McCray vs. McCray - 01A01-9704-CH-00170 View
Freeman vs. Ring - 01A01-9705-CH-00237 View
Parker vs. Warren Co. Utility District - 01A01-9704-CH-00175 View
Dept. of Health vs. Frisbee, M.D. - 01A01-9511-CH-00540 View
Watson vs. Dept. of Correction - 01A01-9707-CH-00360 View
Union Planters vs. Betty Dedman, et al - 02A01-9701-PB-00026 View
William Bunch vs. Walton/Steve Bunch - 02A01-9705-CH-00106 View
Rawls vs. Hodge - 03A01-9707-CV-00293 View
Ely vs. Ely - 03A01-9707-CH-00255 View
Ashmore vs. Hamilton - 03A01-9706-CV-00201 View
Hasek vs. Holt - 03A01-9706-CV-00210 View
Josephine Brown, et al vs. Bertha Banks, et al - 02A01-9611-CV-00291 View

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