Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. v. John P. Roberts
In this legal malpractice action, the defendant, John P. Roberts, appeals from the Court of Appeals’ reversal of summary judgment entered by the trial court in his favor based on the expiration of the statute of limitations. The issue for our determination is whether the present action is barred by the one-year statute of limitations applicable to legal malpractice actions, Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104.1 After carefully examining the record before us and considering the relevant authorities, we conclude that the instant suit is time-barred. Accordingly, for the reasons explained hereafter, the decision of the Court of Appeals to reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant is reversed. |
Shelby | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Dennis Keith and Timothy Collins
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Supreme Court | ||
Ruff vs. State
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Blount | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Clarence C. Nesbit
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Shelby | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Dennis Keith and Timothy Collins
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Madison | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Clarence C. Nesbit
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Shelby | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Quintero and Hall
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Humphreys | Supreme Court | |
Alexander, et. al. vs. Inman
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Davidson | Supreme Court | |
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
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Supreme Court | ||
Frances Blanchard vs. Arlene Kellum, D.D.S.
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Supreme Court | ||
State vs. Williams
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Hamilton | Supreme Court | |
03S01-9706-CR-00068
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Supreme Court | ||
State vs. Quintero and Hall
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Humphreys | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Quintero and Hall
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Humphreys | Supreme Court | |
General Electric Co. vs. Process Control Co.
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Supreme Court | ||
Dennis Dykes vs. Billy Compton, Warden
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Lake | Supreme Court | |
State vs. Dewayne Butler, Fredrick D. Butler, and Eric D. Alexander
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Shelby | Supreme Court | |
Ann C. Short v. Charles E. Ferrell in his official capacity as the Administrative Director of the Courts
This cause comes to us on a common law writ of certiorari to review a fee dispute in a post-conviction proceeding involving an indigent defendant, David McNish. The issue is whether an attorney appointed to review the records in a post-conviction proceeding may exceed the maximum allowable rates for attorneys representing indigent defendants. We hold that: (1) Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 13 (1996) required an attorney performing services as an "expert" to obtain prior approval for an hourly rate in excess of the hourly rate provided for attorneys in Rule 13; and (2) the trial court should have explicitly set forth the approved "expert" hourly rate in its order if such rate was intended to exceed the normal hourly rate provided for attorneys in Rule 13. |
Davidson | Supreme Court | |
Herbert S. Moncier v. Charles E. Ferrell, in his capacity as the Administrave Director of the Courts
The defendant, Thomas Dee Huskey, has been charged on four counts of murder, eleven counts of rape, fourteen counts of kidnapping and three counts of robbery. The State filed notice of intention to seek the death penalty. In November of 1992, the petitioner, Herbert S. Moncier, and a second attorney were appointed pursuant to Tenn. R. Evid. 13 to represent Huskey. Tennessee Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule 13 § 1 permits appointment of two attorneys for one defendant in capital cases. The petitioner sought additional reimbursement in the trial court for two additional attorneys, for paralegals and for various other expenses. The trial judge entered an order granting reimbursement for two additional attorneys not to exceed $ 10,000.00 and for paralegals at $ 15 per hour not to exceed $ 5,000.00. The order was entered nunc pro tunc to the date of the petitioner's appointment. |
Supreme Court | ||
Danny Ray Harrell v. The Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company
We granted this appeal to determine whether we should retain "the Distretti Rule1" adopted by this Court sixty-seven years ago. The rule provides that before a death will be considered accidental under the terms of an insurance contract, the means, as well as the result, must be involuntary, unexpected, and unusual. |
Knox | Supreme Court | |
City of Fulton vs. Hickman-Fulton
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Weakley | Supreme Court | |
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
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Supreme Court | ||
Barbara White vs. William H. Lawrence, M.D.
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Supreme Court | ||
Memphis Publishing Co. vs. TN. Petroleum Underground
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Supreme Court | ||
In Re Billy Wayne Williams
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Lauderdale | Supreme Court |