Debra White, v. Robin Merritt, Judy Merritt, and Bill Sharp
Pursuant to Rule 54 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Plaintiff, Debra White, appeals an order of summary judgment entered in favor of the Defendant, Bill Sharp. Ms. White sought damages she suffered as a result of a dog bite. The suit was brought against Mr. Sharp, the owner of the premises where the dog was kept, and his tenants, Robin Merritt and Judy Merritt, the owners of the dog. A voluntary non-suit ws taken as to Mr. Merritt and adefault judgment ws entered against Mrs. Merritt. |
Knox | Court of Appeals | |
Shirley Ashford v. Joshua C. Benjamin, et al.; Dorothy Wiseman Jackson v. Joshua C. Benjamin; Stevan L. Black v. James E. Blount, III - Concurring
Appellant, James E. Blount, III, appeals from the judgment of the Shelby County Circuit Court holding him in criminal contempt on two separate accounts and imposing sentence. |
Shelby | Court of Appeals | |
Lee Anne Johnson v. Brett Paul Johnson
In this divorce action, Brett Paul Johnson (Husband) has appealed the trial court's ruling that Husband was not entitled to rehabilitative alimony and attorney fees from Lea Anne Johnson (Wife). |
Shelby | Court of Appeals | |
Susan (Rier) Metrolis, v. Timothy William Rier
This appeal involves a juvenile court proceeding for child support. Petitioner, Susan Rier Metrolis (Mother), filed a petition against Timothy William Rier (Father) on October 28, 1993, seeking past, present, and future support for their two minor children, Crystal and Lisa. The petition requests that "the respondent should be ordered to contribute toward the support of said children according to the respondent's means and the needs of said children and reimburse the petitioner for the expenses of rearing the children with the respondent's assistance." |
Shelby | Court of Appeals | |
State of Tennessee o.b.o., Linda C. Britton, v. Robert Eugene Kyer
This cause commenced when plaintiff Linda Britton filed a petition to establish paternity and for child support in West Virginia, pursuant to that state's Uniform Reciprocal Support Act (URESA). The petition was forwarded to the Circuit Court for Coffee County, Tennessee for prosecution. |
Coffee | Court of Appeals | |
Vickie Dianne Tuttle v. Robert Edward Tuttle
This appeal involves a divorce in which the husband has been incarcerated throughout the marriage. After approximately four years of marriage, both the wife and the husband filed suit for divorce in the Circuit Court for Coffee County. Following a bench trial attended only by the wife, the trial court granted the wife a divorce on the grounds that the husband was incarcerated and that his conviction had rendered him infamous. On this appeal, the husband asserts that the trial court should not have granted the wife a divorce because she did not properly verify her complaint and asserts that he did not receive property that was rightfully his. We have determined that the judgment should be affirmed and that the case should be remanded for consideration of the husband’s property claims. |
Coffee | Court of Appeals | |
Tennessee Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company v. Billy Wagner and wife Mona G. Wagner
The issues in this appeal are (1) whether the misrepresentations in an application for insurance made the policy void as to the applicant and (2) whether the insurance was void as to the appellant's wife, who did not sign the application. The Circuit Court of Lawrence County granted summary judgment to the insurance company. We affirm. |
Lawrence | Court of Appeals | |
John M. Cannon, Grayson Smith Cannon, and Cannon, Cannon, & Cooper v. Susan Garner Abby, Davidson Circuit Rubenfeld, individually and D/B/A Rubenfeld & Associates
The appellants are two lawyers who are defendants below in a malicious prosecution and abuse of process case. We granted their motion for an extraordinary appeal, to review the trial court's holding that the work product doctrine did not prevent the discovery of certain information generated in the prior case. We affirm the trial court's order |
Davidson | Court of Appeals | |
Lloyd Winfred Carden, Jr., v. Amy Malissa Carden
This appeal involves the custody and support of two children under twelve years of age. Both parents sought a divorce and requested custody of the children. Following a bench trial, the Chancery Court for Coffee County granted the divorce to the father, awarded him custody of the children, and directed the mother to pay child support. Both parents have appealed. The mother takes issue with awarding custody to the father; while the father challenges the amount of the child support award. We have determined that the evidence does not preponderate against awarding custody of the children to the father but that the trial court should not have reduced the amount of the mother’s child support obligation by the mother’s cost of providing the children’s medical insurance. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment as modified and remand for further proceedings. |
Coffee | Court of Appeals | |
Ernest R. Fenn and wife, Patsy S. Fenn, v. Harry W. Miller, III, v. HIghland Credit Bureau, Inc., D/B/A Mid-State Credit Bureau
This appeal involves the imposition of Tenn. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctions for inadequate pre-filing investigation in a malicious prosecution case. After the Fifth Circuit Court for Davidson County dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against one of the defendants, the defendant sought sanctions against one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers. The trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing, found that the plaintiffs’ lawyer had failed to make an objectively reasonable factual and legal |
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George H. Richardson v. Joyce R. Richardson
In this divorce action, plaintiff/appellant, George H. Richardson, appealed and presented three issues: (1) "Whether the trial court erred in failing to eliminate appellant's alimony obligation in the form of making the monthly mortgage payment on the marital residence occupied by appellee as well as paying appellee's car payments[,]" (2) "Whether the trial court erred in failing to relieve appellant of his obligation to pay for appellee's attorney's fees[,]" and (3) "Whether the trial court erred in failing to adopt appellant's proposed division of marital property." |
Maury | Court of Appeals | |
IN RE: Estate of Odell P. Bradley, Deceased; Edith Steward and Barbara Ramsey v. Christian F. Hofstetter Executor, et al. - Concurring
Contestants (“appellants”) have appealed from a dismissal of a will contest suit filed by them in the Davidson County Probate Court. Following a bench trial, the Honorable Joe P. Binkley, Sr., Special Judge, found that no proof had been presented to establish that the decedent was unduly influenced or that he was of unsound mind, and that the will was in fact his proper Last Will and Testament. The contestants' complaint was dismissed. One of the contestants below has appealed pro se. Appellant's brief fails to comply with T.R.A.P. 27(a) in several ways, one of them being an absence of the statement of the issues. In order to properly dispose of this case, we conclude that the issue presented is whether the evidence preponderates against the judgment of the trial court. We find that it does not and affirm. |
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Hamilton | Court of Appeals | |
Warren Hinckley v. Tummel & Carroll, a Professional Partnership, Harold K. Tummel, Individually, Kenneth S. Carroll, Individually, and Ray L. Rhymes, Individually
Plaintiff, a resident of Texas sued defendants, residents of Texas, for legal malpractice by failing to timely file a claim against the State of Tennessee for damages allegedly incurred in Dickson County, Tennessee. The Trial Court sustained defendants' motion to dismiss on grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. |
Dickson | Court of Appeals |
