Opinions

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
01A01-9503-CV-00100
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Walter C. Kurtz

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
inquiry before filing the complaint, and ordered the lawyer to pay the defendant $1,500. On this appeal, the plaintiffs’ lawyer challenges the legal and factual basis for the sanctions. We have determined that the record fully supports the trial court’s decision and also that this appeal is frivolous. Accordingly, we affirm and remand the case for the assessment of damages pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-1-122 (1980).

John M. Cannon, Grayson Smith Cannon, and Cannon, Cannon, & Cooper v. Susan Garner Abby, Davidson Circuit Rubenfeld, individually and D/B/A Rubenfeld & Associates
01A01-9505-CV-00195
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge Walter C. Kurtz

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

Tennessee Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company v. Billy Wagner and wife Mona G. Wagner
01A01-9505-CV-00190
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge William B. Cain

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.

State of Tennessee o.b.o., Linda C. Britton, v. Robert Eugene Kyer
01A01-9507-CV-00293
Authoring Judge: Judge Samuel L. Lewis
Trial Court Judge: Judge Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

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.

01C01-9402-CR-00067
01C01-9402-CR-00067
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

03A01-9506-CV-00195
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03A01-9508-CH-00257
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03C01-9304-CR-00136
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Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

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03C01-9304-CR-00136
Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

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01C01-9504-CR-00107
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Trial Court Judge: J. Steve Daniel

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03C01-9503-CR-00086
03C01-9503-CR-00086
Trial Court Judge: Mary Beth Leibowitz

02C01-9501-CC-00019
02C01-9501-CC-00019
Trial Court Judge: John P. Colton, Jr.

02C01-9503-CC-00077
02C01-9503-CC-00077
Trial Court Judge: Whit A. Lafon

Cyril v. Fraser
02C01-9503-CC-00089
Trial Court Judge: Joe G. Riley. Jr.

02C01-9502-CR-00030
02C01-9502-CR-00030
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

02A01-9411-PB-00250
02A01-9411-PB-00250
Trial Court Judge: Leonard D. Pierotti

02A01-9405-CV-00106
02A01-9405-CV-00106
Trial Court Judge: James E. Swearengen

02A01-9312-BC-00267
02A01-9312-BC-00267