APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

This is a divorce case in which Wife appeals the judgment of the trial court regarding, inter alia, the division of marital property and the trial court's allowance of expert testimony.

This is a suit for wrongful death by suicide allegedly resulting from negligence of the defendant, a psychiatrist. After a jury could not agree upon a verdict, the Trial Judge directed a verdict and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff has appealed and presented a single issue as follows:

This is an appeal by plaintiffs/appellants, Jerry and Nancy Adcock, from the judgment of the trial court in favor of defendant/appellee, James F. Witcher.

This appeal arises from a dispute over a will in which a 93-year-old man left his estate to three of his four surviving daughters. The daughter who was not named in her father’s will challenged the validity of the will after her sisters propounded it for probate in the Chancery Court for Trousdale County. The chancery court transferred the case to the Circuit Court for Trousdale County where a jury found in favor of the will. The daughter who contested the will has appealed. We have determined that no reversible error was committed in the circuit court proceeding and, therefore, affirm the circuit court’s judgment and remand the case to the chancery court for further probate proceedings.

The Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissed the appellant's petition for declaratory judgment, filed pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-223, to review the Department of Correction's calculation of the credits due on his prison sentences. The chancellor concluded that the appellant had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies.

Appellants' appeal from the Chancellor's determination that the denial of unemployment benefits was properly based on the employees' misconduct connected with their work.

This is a suit to register and enforce a foreign divorce decree. The only issue on appeal is the proper amount of the judgment for delinquent child support.

The General SessionsCourt of Wilson County granted the wife a divorce after a six month marriage. The court ordered the marital residence sold and the wife paid $2,000 for her attorney's fees and $10,000 to equalize her equity in the property. After the deductions, the balance of the equity was to be split evenly between the parties.

This is a divorce case in which the Wife appeals the trial court's division of marital property and the court's award of custody to the Husband.

This appeal involves a suit to recover on a policy of insurance covering employee dishonesty. Plaintiff, Strings & Things in Memphis, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the chancery court in a nonjury trial that dismissed its suit against defendant, State Auto Insurance Companies. The only issue on appeal is whether the evidence preponderates against the findings of the chancellor.