Court of Appeals Opinions - 2^nd Quarter 1997

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

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Cases posted the week of 06/30/97
Emma Crowe vs. James Craig, et al - 02A01-9612-CV-00297 View
Robert & Frances Pilgrim vs. Edward Frazier - 02A01-9611-CV-00294 View
Jere Rogers, et ux vs. Mark Davis, et al - 02A01-9610-CH-00258 View

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Cases posted the week of 06/23/97
Cannon vs. Cannon - 03A01-9702-CV-00059 View
Hunter vs. Burke - 03A01-9606-CV-00207 View
Cinda Kay Cantrell vs. James Clarence Cantrell & Marie Loya - 01A01-9603-CV-00091 View
James Thigpen vs. First City Bank - 01A01-9603-CV-00095 View
Gerald White/White Trucking vs. Aquarius Industries, Inc. - 02A01-9605-CV-00129 View
Diane Watters vs. William Watters & General Mills - 02A01-9511-CH-00254 View
Mattie Bedford vs. Margaret Culpepper, et al - 02A01-9604-CH-00085 View
Bobbie & Willie Byrd vs. First Tennessee Bank - 02A01-9610-CV-00252 View
Albert Milam/Tina Milam vs. Franklin Wilson - 02A01-9607-CV-00167 View
Nickolas Price, et al vs. Christian Price - 02A01-9609-CH-00228 View
Irene Scott, etc. vs. Jones Brothers Construction, et al - A01-9508-CV-00176 View
John Wolfe vs. First American Corp. - 02A01-9510-CV-00212 View

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Cases posted the week of 06/16/97
Dillon vs. State - 01A01-9701-BC-00020 View
Jackson vs. Corrections Corp. of America - 01A01-9606-CH-00276 View
Robins vs. Flagship Airlines, Inc. & AMR Corp - 01A01-9612-CV- 00550 View
State Farm Ins. vs. Gill - 01A01-9701-CV-00010 View
Turtle Creek Apts. vs. Polk - 01A01-9608-CV-00382 View
Flowers vs. Metro Baptist Schools - 01A01-9705-CH-00219 View
Hunter vs. Anderson - 01A01-9701-CV-00024 View
Ruff vs. Traughber - 01A01-9702-CH-00074 View
Tomlinson vs. Traughber - 01A01-9703-CH-00143 View
The City of White House vs. Whitley, et. al. - 01A01-9612-CH- 00571 View
The City of White House vs. Whitley, et. al. - 01A01-9612-CH- 00571 (Dissent) View
Williams vs. Sears, Roebuck & Co. - 01A01-9610-CV-00488 View
Gates, Duncan & Vancamp Co., et al vs. Richard Levantino - 02A01-9605-CH-00095 View
Marles Flowers vs. Memphis Housing Authority - 02A01-9610-CV-00240 View
Crystal Trueitt vs. Alan McCurry 03A01-9612-CV-00399 (6/6) View
Pacific Properties vs. Home Federal Bank 03A01-9701-CV-00020 View
Richard Canada vs.ACE Codent 03A01-9606-CV-00182 View
Jenkins Dental vs. ACE Codent 03A01-9606-CV-00184 View
Thelma Kelley vs. John Vance 03A01-9701-CV-00031 View
David Dunnehew vs. Donna Dunnehew - 02A01-9604-CH-00079 View
Glenda Whisenhunt vs. Gordon Whisenhunt - 02A01-9506-CV-00126 View
Aghili vs. Saadatnejadi - 01A01-9605-CV-00214 View
Bain vs. City of Murfreesboro - 01A01-9611-CV-00510 View
Gentry, et. al. vs. Rigsby - 01A01-9610-CV-00455 View
Henderson vs. Harlan, d/b/a: Lodge Quarters - 01A01-9610-CV- 00463 View
Jammi vs. Conley - 01A01-9609-CH-00425 View
Wood vs. Prosser, et. al. - 01A01-9510-CV-00468 View
Brain Grant vs. Tonya Grant - 02A01-9603-CV-00053 (order denying Petition to Rehear) View

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Cases posted the week of 06/09/97
Merle Davis vs. Larry Davis 03A01-9610-GS-00315 View
First Tennessee Bank vs. Jesse Quillian 03A1-9701-CH-00014 View
Aeyon Cho vs. Dae-Young Jeong 03A01-9608-CV-00257 View
Robert Cobb vs. Douglas Cobb 03A1-9602-CV-00051 View

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Cases posted the week of 06/02/97
Terri G. Bowers vs. Frederick Bowers 03A01-9701-CV-00008 View
Deborah Hendrix vs. 1st TN National 03A01-9701-CV-00032 View
W. Dale Gordon vs. Robbyn Gordon 03A01-9702-CV-00054 View
Fairview Limitied vs. Pinkie Daniel 03A01-9703-CV-00071 View
Mabel Donnelly vs. Robert Walker, M.D. 03A01-9610-CV-00323 View
Richard Gause vs. Janice Cole 03A01-9701-CH-00001 View
Jorge A. Sanjines vs. Ortwein & Assoc. 03A01-9702-CV-00060 View
Keith Hardware vs. Douglas White 03A01-9610-CH-00339 View
Anthony Nance vs. Christopher Strunk 03A01-9701-CV-00037 View
Casey L. Burgess vs. Brenda Welch 03A01-9703-PB-00077 View
Casey Meador vs. Linda J. Meador 03A01-9612-CV-00405 View
Whitney L. Davidson vs. Donna Wright 03A01-9702-CH-00051 View
Gladstone Hobbs vs. Mollie Hobbs 03A01-9702-CV-00063 View
Parrott vs. Galyon - 03A01-9612-CH-00386 View
Minnich vs. Robeson - 03A01-9612-CV-00384 View
Eyring vs. Fort Sanders - 03A01-9607-CV-00240 View
Nationsbank vs. JDRC - 03A01-9607-CH-00226 View
Moore vs. Tate - 03A01-9611-CV-00350 View
Iva McAlexander vs. Kenneth Mcalexander - 02A01-9611-CH-00289 View
Jerry Williams vs. Memphis Housing Authority - 02A01-9608-CV-00190 View
American Steinwinter Investment Group vs. American Steinwinter, Inc. - 01A01-9607-CH-00350 View
Burke vs. The TN. Walking Horse Breeders - 01A01-9611-CH-00511 View
Dockery vs. Estate of Jack C. Massey - 01A01-9611-CH-00531 View
Grace vs. Grace, Jr., - 01A01-9611-CV-00534 View
International Collection Services vs. Bailey - 01A01-9702-CH-00072 View
State, ex. rel., Douglas Sizemore vs. United Physicians Insurance - 01A01-9610-CH-00484 View
Creech vs. Hall - 03A01-9612-CH-00388 View
Schaad's vs. Walker - 03A01-9612-CH-00396 View
McClurg vs. McClurg - 03A01-9611-GS-00348 View
Smith vs. First Union - 03A01-9610-CV-00342 View
Lethco vs. Huffman - 03A01-9610-CV-00340 View
Dalton vs. Dalton - 03A01-9606-CV-00201 View
Estate of Jane & John Doe vs. Vanderbilt Univ., et. al. - 01A01-9609-CV-00429 View
Gilley vs. Culpepper - 01A01-9611-CH-00521 View
Gilley vs. Culpepper - 01A01-9611-CH-00521 (Concur) View

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Cases posted the week of 05/19/97
Martin vs. Trice - 03A01-9608-CV-00274 View
Tate vs. Mashburn - 03A01-9609-CH-00284 View
Smith vs. Partridge - 03A01-9609-CV-00311 View
State (DHS) vs. Smith - 03A01-9611-JV-0035 View
Harris vs. Dominon Bank of Middle TN., et. al. - 01A01-9609-CH-00444 View
Taylor, et. al. vs. T&N Office Equipment - 01A01-9609-CV-00411 View
Trade Show Network vs. Tanner & Associates - 01A01-9612-CV - 00563 View
Washington vs. Department of Corrections - 01A01-9506-CH- 00276 View
Williams vs. Williams - 01A01-9610-CV-00468 View
Williams vs. Williams - 01A01-9610-CV-00468 (Dissent View
Frazier vs. Hermitage - 03A01-9611-CH-00361 View
Gordon Burks vs. Belz-Wilson Properties, et al - 02A01-9607-CV-00154 View
Willie & Bobbie Lomax vs. Headley Homes, et al - 02A01-9607-CH-00163 View
Joseph Myers & Carl Klimek vs. Pickering Firm, Inc. - 02A01-9605-CV-00124 View
Jim Voss vs. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., et al - 02A01-9604-CV-00082 View
Hyde vs. State - 03A01-9611-CV-00346 View
Honeycutt vs. Price - 03A01-9610-CH-00329 View
Overton vs. Olmstead - 03A01-9701-PB-00025 View
Cunningham vs. Dept. of Saftey - 01A01-9509-CH-00411 View
Hepp vs. Joe B's & Schultz - 01A01-9604-CV-00183 View
Patterson vs. Amos, et. ux. - 01A01-9609-CH-00410 View
Rust vs. Rust - 01A01-9608-CH-00361 View
Stroud vs. Stroud - 01A01-9607-CH-00291 View
Tommye Johnson vs. Edward Johnson, Sr. - 02A01-9609-CV-00217 View
Marilyn Morgan vs. Velma McCrory - 02A01-9604-CV-00072 View
Deborah Tuggle vs. Shelby Co. Government, et al - 02A01-9606-CV-00147 View
Kenneth & Bertie Downing vs. City of Memphis - 02A01-9608-CV-00177 View
Nancy Olivieri vs. Paul Oliveri - 02A01-9512-CV-00282 View
Vowell Ventures vs. The City of Martin - 02A01-9604-CH-00090 View

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Cases posted the week of 05/12/97
Georgia Keys vs. Memphis Carwash, Inc. - 02A01-9605-CV-00113 View
Brandy Thatcher, b/n/f vs. Bobby Wyatt, et al - 02A01-9605-CH-00114 View
Margaret Haas vs. Michael Haas - 02A01-9604-CV-00073 (Order denying Petition to Rehear) View
Ronald McKinna vs. Lasco, Inc. - 02A01-9604-CH-00083 (Order denying Petition to Rehear) View
Burgess & Carter vs. Mead Johnson - 01A01-9609-CV-00436 View
Gentry vs. Gentry - 01A01-9611-CH-00512 View
Nance vs. Nance - 01A01-9611-CV-00515 View
Estate of Edward P. Russell, Deceased - 01A01-9611-PB-00516 View
Tracy Moore, B/N/F/ Shirley Moore vs. James Prescott, II 02A01-9609-CV-00227 View
Bunch vs. Bunch - 03A01-9609-GS-00301 View
Upper East Tenn. vs. Johnson - 03A01-9701-CH-00011 View
Gozenbach vs. Gozenbach - 03A01-9609-CV-00314 View
Crum vs. Lawing - 03A01-9610-CH-00320 View
Savco vs. Century - 03A01-9611-CV-00360 View
Bell vs. Carter - 03A01-9610-CH-00334 View
In re: The adoption of Brandon Kain Dicus - 01A01-9611-CH-00502 View
Foster & Johnston vs. Shim - 01A01-9512-CV-00569 View
Land, et. ux. vs. Crum, et. ux. - 01A01-9611-CH-00524 View
Memphis Publishing Co. vs. TN. Petroleum Underground, et. al. - 01A01-9607-CH-00300 View
Ray vs. Ray - 01A01-9608-CH-00360 View
Scruggs vs. Bell - 01A01-9610-CH-00475 View

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Cases posted the week of 05/05/97
Erica Hurd (Deceased), et al vs. David Woolfork, et al - 02A01-9607-CV-00170 View
Judy Virostek vs. James Virostek - 02A01-9601-CH-00019 View
Krisinda Bowers vs. Stephen Hammond, et al - 02A01-9601-CV-00011 View
Rosslyn Carrier vs. Gene Carrier - 02A01-9608-CH-00180 View
Beverly Moore vs. Gary Moore - 02A01-9610-CH-00265 (Order denying Petition to Rehear) View
Charles & Teresa Browder vs. Jerry Morris & Chris Castleberry - 02A01-9602-CV-00039 View

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Cases posted the week of 04/28/97
Bush vs. Carrick - 01A01-9609-CH-00408 View
First Farmers & Merchants Nat'l. Bank vs. Burt Bros. Furniture - 01A01-9608-CV-00381 View
McCamey vs. TN. Dept. of Correction - 01A01-9701-CH-00033 View
Mayfield vs. Mayfield - 01A01-9611-CV-00501 View
Mayfield vs. Mayfield - 01A01-9611-CV-00501 (Concur) View
Out Patient Diagnostic Center vs. Christian - 01A01-9510-CV-00467 View
Out Patient Diagnostic Center vs. Christian - 01A01-9510-CV-00467 (Concur) View
In the matter of: Emmi Pruitt & Karelyn Pruitt - 01A01-9610-CV - 00496 View
Seagroves vs. TN. Department of Correction - 01A01-9508-CH- 00334 View
Williams vs. Sugar Cove - 03A01-9605-CH-00175 View
Copper Cellar vs. Miller - 03A01-9607-CV-00239 View
Norris vs. Seaborg - 03A01-9611-CV-00373 View
Ogle vs. Realty World - 03A01-9610-CH-00336 View
Baugus vs. Baugus - 03A01-9611-CV-00365 View
Gardner vs. Insura Property - 03A01-9701-CV-00003 View
Bondy vs. Martin - 03A01-9609-JV-00310 View
William Newton vs. James Cox - 02A01-9604-CH-00086 (Order denying Petition to Rehear) View
Draper vs. Reaver - 01A01-9609-CV-00394 (Petition to Rehear) View
Allstate Life Ins. vs. Barber, et. al. - 01A01-9611-CH-00504 View
Blue Cross Blue Shield vs. City of Lawrenceburg - 01A01-9611- CV-00526 View
Darden vs. Stokes - 01A01-9610-CH-00458 View
John Kohl & Co., et. al. vs. Dearborn & Ewing - 01A01-9609-CV-00421 View
National Loans, Inc. vs. TN. Dept. of Financial Institutions - 01A01-9506-CH-00241 View
Michael Rasmussen, et. ux. vs. Mrot, Inc., et. al. - 01A01-9611- CV- 00517 View
United Brake Systems vs. American Environmental Protection - 01A01-9610-CH-00448 View
Janet Wolf & Gerald Bowker vs. Ned Ray McWherter - 01A01- 9505-CV-00209 View
Drake vs. Drake - 03A01-9610-CV-00312 View
Baptist Hospital, East , et. al. vs. TN. Dept. of Health, et. al. - 01A01-9610-BC-00465 View
Debord vs. TN. Bd. of Paroles - 01A)1-9702-CH-00052 View
Duffey vs. Lee, et. al. - 01A01-9607-CH-00324 View
Lemm vs. Adams - 01A01-9607-CH-00330 View
Moon vs. St. Thomas Hospital - 01A01-9609-CV-00389 View
Price vs. TN. Civil Service Comm. - 01A01-9508-CH-00336 View
Profill Development vs. Dills, Comm - 01A01-9607-CH-00326 View
Smith, et. al. vs. The Castner-Knott Dry Goods - 01A01-9512-CV-00554 View
Southern Rehabilitation Specialists vs. Ashland Healthcare, et. al. - 01A01-9607-CH-00345 View
Walker, et. al. vs. Bd. of Education of Wilson Co. - 01A01-9610-CH-00497 View

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Cases posted the week of 04/21/97
Ray vs. Ray - 03A01-9608-CH-00260 View
Roy Rose vs. Tipton Co. Public Works Dept., et al - 02A01-9608-CV-00189 View

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Cases posted the week of 04/14/97
Collins vs. Metro Gov't - 01A01-9607-CV-00339 View
Gilliam vs. Gilliam - 01A01-9609-CV-00414 View
Hand vs. Hand - 01A01-9607-CH-00325 View
Mahler vs. Mahler - 01A01-9507-CH-00303 View
Rickman, et. ux. vs. Molin, et. ux. - 01A01-9609-CH-00412 View
McDaniel vs. Stambaugh 03A01-9607-CV-00223 View
Talbott vs. Slaven - 03A01-9609-CV-00304 View
Roberts vs. Lowe - 03A01-9610-CC-00333 View
Applied vs. Pugh - 03A01-9610-CV-00313 View
State vs. Jones - 01A01-9610--JV-00493 View
King vs. King, Sr. - 01A)1-9508-CV-00377 View
State., ex. rel., vs. United Physicians Ins. - 01A01-9610-CH-00449 View
Gloria Gilliland vs. Gary Stanley - 02A01-9603-GS-00056 View
Brian Grant vs. Tonya Grant - 02A01-9603-CV-00053 View
El Rayford vs. Stephen Leffler (Order) - 02A01-9607-CV-00162 View
Tennessee Farmers Mutual Ins. vs. Robert Moore, et al - 02A01-9510-CH-00240 View
Cashion vs. Robertson - 01A01-9506-CH-00257 (Petition to Rehear) View
Bryant vs. TN. Dept. of Safety - 01A01-9509-CH-00398 View
Draper vs. Reaver, et. al. - 01A01-9609-CV-00394 View
Hymel vs. Hymel - 01A01-9703-CV-00136 View
Mcpherson vs. Stokes, et. al. - 01A01-9505-CH-00216 View
Sliger vs. Stokes, et. al. - 01A01-9609-CH-00403 View
Warren, et. vir vs. Metro Gov't., et. al. - 01A01-9606-CV-00277 View
Clemmye Berger vs. Marvin Ratner, et al - 02A01-9604-CV-00077 View
Smith vs. Home Beneficial 03A01-9606-CH-00195 View
Lamar vs. City of Knoxville 03A01-9609-CH-00294 View
Oakes vs. Harry Lane 03A01-9609-CH-00302 View
Pruett vs. The Hartford 03A01-9609-CH-00309 View
Hunter vs. Burke 03A01-9609-CV-00207 View

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Cases posted the week of 04/07/97
Hartman vs. Hartman 03A01-9608-CV-00249 View
Mildred McCollum vs. Kliff McCollum - 02A01-9604-CH-00067 View
William Newton vs. James Cox - 02A01-9604-CH-00086 View
Estate of Marion Truett (Deceased) - 02A01-9605-PB-00118 View

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Cases posted the week of 04/01/97
Charlie Burks vs. Brett Stein (Order) View
Frances Blanchard vs. Arlene Kellum View
Juanita Griffin, et al vs. Donnie Underwood View
E.L. Rayford vs. Stephen Leffler View
Whitehaven B. C., et al vs. Alcus Holloway View