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Opioid Epidemic Major Focus at Tennessee Judicial Conference

March 20, 2018

Judges from across the state gathered at Montgomery Bell State Park in early March for the first Tennessee Judicial Conference of the year. The five-day conference provided judges the opportunity to participate in continuing legal education (CLE) courses related to relevant issues affecting…

Tennessee Supreme Court Sets Execution Dates

March 15, 2018

Previously, on January 18, 2018, the Tennessee Supreme Court set an execution date of August, 9, 2018, for condemned inmate Billy Ray Irick. On February 5, 2018, the State filed motions seeking execution dates prior to June 1, 2018, for eight other condemned inmates. The Court has denied…

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Surviving Spouse Maintains Priority in Filing Wrongful Death Case Even if Surviving Spouse Possibly Negligent in Cause of Death

March 5, 2018

In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled the surviving spouse of a person killed in a vehicle accident could initiate a wrongful death action on the decedent’s…