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03A01-9606-CH-00186

03A01-9606-CH-00186
Monroe County Court of Appeals 11/22/96
03A01-9603-CV-00080

03A01-9603-CV-00080
Scott County Court of Appeals 11/22/96
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Court of Appeals 11/21/96
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Court of Appeals 11/21/96
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Court of Appeals 11/21/96
01A01-9605-CV-00200

01A01-9605-CV-00200

Originating Judge:Marietta M. Shipley
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/20/96
01A01-9602-CH-00086

01A01-9602-CH-00086
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/20/96
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Court of Appeals 11/20/96
01A01-9603-CV-00108

01A01-9603-CV-00108

Originating Judge:Cornelia A. Clark
Williamson County Court of Appeals 11/20/96
01A01-9604-CH-00178

01A01-9604-CH-00178

Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/20/96
02A01-9510-CV-00225

02A01-9510-CV-00225

Originating Judge:Wyeth Chandler
Shelby County Court of Appeals 11/19/96
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Court of Appeals 11/18/96
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Roane County Court of Appeals 11/18/96
Linda Plunk v. National Health Investors

M1999-01596-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a nursing home visitor who injured herself by stepping into a grassy depression in the building's landscaping. The visitor and her husband filed suit in the Circuit Court for Lawrence County alleging that the nursing home's owner had failed to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition. A jury apportioned sixty percent of the fault to the nursing home and forty percent to the visitor and awarded the visitor $40,000 for medical expenses and permanent impairment. Both parties filed post-trial motions after the trial court entered a $24,000 judgment for the visitor. The visitor and her husband sought a new trial or an additur because the jury had not awarded damages for pain and suffering. The nursing home filed a Tenn. R. Civ. P. 50.02 motion for a judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict. The trial court denied the nursing home's motion and suggested a $5,000 additur. The nursing home accepted the additur, and both parties appealed. The visitor asserts that the trial court erred by failing to grant a new trial, and the nursing home asserts that the trial court erred by denying its Tenn. R. Civ. P. 50.02 motion. We have determined that the trial court erred by denying the nursing home's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 50.02 motion because it was not reasonably foreseeable that visitors would be walking on the grassy area where the plaintiff fell. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Robert L. Jones
Lawrence County Court of Appeals 11/17/96
Mary J. Drozd, v. Hermitage Villa Condominiums Homeowners Association, Inc., Hillsboro Property Management Company, Inc., and Gary Waller and State of Tennessee

01A01-9408-CV-00366

From the decision of the Trial Court dismissing a portion of the original complaint and from the subsequent decision of the Trial Court granting summary judgment for the Defendants as to a second ground of recovery sought, the Plaintiff was granted an interlocutory appeal to this court.

Authoring Judge: Special Judge Robert E. Corlew, III
Originating Judge:Judge Thomas W. Brothers
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/17/96
01A01-9608-CH-00364

01A01-9608-CH-00364

Originating Judge:Robert S. Brandt
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9605-CH-00208

01A01-9605-CH-00208

Originating Judge:Leonard W. Martin
Humphreys County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9510-CH-00450

01A01-9510-CH-00450

Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9605-GS-00237

01A01-9605-GS-00237

Originating Judge:Barry R. Brown
Sumner County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
02A01-9507-CH-00146

02A01-9507-CH-00146

Originating Judge:D. J. Alissandratos
Shelby County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9604-CH-00152

01A01-9604-CH-00152

Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Wilson County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9603-CH-00098

01A01-9603-CH-00098

Originating Judge:Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
01A01-9511-CV-00503

01A01-9511-CV-00503

Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 11/13/96
02A01-9511-CV-00251

02A01-9511-CV-00251

Originating Judge:James E. Swearengen
Shelby County Court of Appeals 11/12/96
03A01-9604-CV-00153

03A01-9604-CV-00153
Court of Appeals 11/12/96