May 25, 2023
The Tennessee Supreme Court held today that a cap imposed by the Division of TennCare on reimbursements to certain healthcare providers is a “rule” within the meaning of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act that should have been implemented through notice-and-comment rulemaking.
As part of a…
May 23, 2023
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on May 24, 2023, before an accomplished group of Tennessee’s high school students at American Legion Boys State at Tennessee Technological University. The event is part of the Court’s award-winning SCALES program, which stands for Supreme Court…
May 23, 2023
In an opinion released today, a majority of the Tennessee Supreme Court held that the trial court in a healthcare liability action appropriately declined to require a defendant physician to opine on the defendant nurse-midwife’s performance outside of the physician’s presence.
In 2014, a child…
May 19, 2023
The Tennessee Supreme Court today reversed the termination of the parental rights of two parents whose infant son suffered multiple rib fractures while he was in their custody. The Court held that, under Tennessee law, the evidence did not support the trial court’s finding that the parents’ failure…
May 17, 2023
In an opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously held that a trial court’s voluntary dismissal order in a governmental tort liability action could not be altered or amended because an amended complaint filed by the plaintiff rendered it of no legal effect.
Plaintiff George…
May 15, 2023
In an opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the forgery convictions and sentences of five defendants that collectively filed more than 100 fraudulent financing statements on the Secretary of State’s website.
Defendants Ronald Lyons, James Michael Usinger, Lee Harold Cromwell,…
May 11, 2023
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld the premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated robbery convictions of Kemontea Dovon McKinney (“Defendant”) for the killing of Jonathan Outlaw in Robertson County. The Court found the Defendant’s statements to detectives were voluntary, as was the…
May 5, 2023
In an opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court extended its previous holdings with respect to civil defendants in Parrish v. Marquis, 172 S.W.3d 526, 531 (Tenn. 2005), and Himmelfarb v. Allain, 380 S.W.3d 35 (Tenn. 2012), and held that a criminal defendant can pursue a claim for…
April 4, 2023
The Tennessee Supreme Court has three cases set for its April 5, 2023, docket. The first two cases will be heard in Jackson, Tennessee, beginning at 9 a.m., CDT. The final case will be submitted on briefs. The cases will be livestreamed to the TNCourts YouTube page at: youtube.com/@TNCourts The…
April 3, 2023
The Tennessee judiciary is mourning the loss of former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice William Muecke Barker, who passed away on April 3, 2023, at the age of 81. Former Chief Justice Barker was from Chattanooga and spent 25 years on the judicial bench, 10 as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme…