Tennessee Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Tennessee or Court of Appeals of Tennessee where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Lane v. Rich Products and Continental Casualty Co. - 5/18/2005
The facts of this case are basically undisputed. At the time of trial, Diane Lane was 43 years old, with a twelfth grade education and no other vocational training. She had been employed by Rich Products for almost twelve years as an...
Carter v. Happy Trucking Co. - 5/17/2005
The facts in this case are basically undisputed. At the time of trial, Timothy Carter was forty-three years of age, with an eleventh grade education. He has no significant vocational training and his work experience is primarily that...
Ralph v. Pipkin - 5/17/2005
This lawsuit arises from a claim brought by Monsanto Company ("Monsanto) against Roger M. Ralph and Kem Ralph, d/b/a Ralph Brothers Farms ("the Ralphs"), for patent infringement and breach of contract. The Ralphs are farmers and...
Blakenship v. American Ordnance Systems - 5/12/2005
I. Factual and Procedural Background
The employee, Gatha Blankenship, was a fifty-four-year-old high school graduate at the time of trial. Her employment history consisted of production work in various factories. In 1987, the...
Rolen v. Wood Presbyterian Home - 5/9/2005
In this action, these issues are raised on appeal:
1. Did plaintiffs waive any disagreement with the jury verdict form by failing to timely object?
2. Did the Trial Court err in failing to submit plaintiffs' personal...
Randolph v. Eastman Chemical Co. - 5/9/2005
Background
On May 14, 2001, Plaintiff was on Eastman's premises to begin conducting the non-destructive electromagnetic testing. Plaintiff and other TesTex employees were directed to board a particular elevator which, according...
Nuchols v. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge - 5/9/2005
Defendant has appealed from the trial court's action awarding plaintiff 50 percent permanent partial disability as a result of sustaining a back injury with a 20 percent medical impairment.
Facts
Plaintiff, Emma Lynn...
Jenkins v. Robertson - 5/9/2005
Background
Plaintiffs and Defendant signed a Sales Agency Contract ("the Contract") in March of 1995 allowing Plaintiffs to act as broker to lease property owned by Defendant and located in Sevier County, Tennessee. The parties...
Massingale v. Yung Gil Lee - 4/28/2005
Background
Given the nature of the issues raised on appeal, a detailed discussion of the evidence presented to the jury is necessary. This is particularly so given the extensive expert testimony presented to the jury in this...
Barden v. Alpha Building Corp. - 4/25/2005
I. Facts
Plaintiff/Appellee, John Barden ("Mr. Barden") sued Alpha Building Corporation ("Alpha") and its workers' compensation insurance carrier, Maryland Casualty Company, (collectively referred to as the "Appellants")...
Stubblefield v. City of Millersville - 4/25/2005
This case is peculiarly susceptible to the legal principle that we cannot substitute our judgment for that of the trial judge, but are limited, albeit to an in-depth consideration, to a de novo review accompanied by the presumption...
State v. Tate - 4/22/2005
I. Factual Background
The instant case arises from the shooting death of the victim, Stephen Ward. At approximately 11:00 p.m. on November 8, 2000, the victim's brother, Michael Ward, was awakened by the victim as he arrived...
Brewster v. American Residential Services - 4/22/2005
The employee-appellant, Johnnie Brewster, initiated this civil action to recover workers' compensation benefits for work-related injuries to his left knee and low back. The trial court found that Mr. Brewster had suffered a...
Helderman v. Smolin - 4/18/2005
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
In 1997, Regina Helderman's ("Helderman" or "Appellant") primary care physician referred her to Dr. Matthew R. Smolin ("Dr. Smolin" or "Appellee"), a cardiologist practicing in...
Sowell v. Davis - 4/12/2005
On July 16, 1999, plaintiff, Michael Sowell, through his attorney, filed a complaint seeking damages for personal injuries resulting from a vehicle collision with a tractor driven by defendant, James W. Davis, on a public highway....
Williams v. Bridgestone/Firestone - 4/5/2005
I. Facts and Procedural History
Mr. Darryl Gene Williams' work history reveals that he was first employed in 1981 by Brown Transportation as a laborer. In 1988 he began his employment with Bridgestone/ Firestone, Inc. as a...
Southland Mall - 4/4/2005
Plaintiff/Appellant Southland Mall, LLC ("Southland") is a shopping center located in Shelby County, Tennessee. Southland contracted with Valor Security Services, Inc. ("Valor") to provide on-site mall security and public safety...
Hunter v. Ura - 3/29/2005
BACKGROUND
In October of 1996, Sherry Hunter ("plaintiff") filed a complaint against Dr. Jay Michael Ura and Nashville Anesthesia Service ("defendants"), seeking $15,000,000 for the wrongful death of her husband, Lawrence...
Thomas v. Pino-Rutkowski - 3/29/2005
Background
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a personal injury case. The facts pertinent to this appeal are straightforward. Plaintiff was 72 years old at the time of trial. Because Plaintiff's vision is poor, he is...
Smith v. State - 3/14/2005
Background
This appeal results from the trial of a complicated medical malpractice lawsuit. Because of the issues raised on appeal, a detailed discussion of the facts as reflected in the record is necessary.
Shawn Smith...
Carlson v. Saturn Corp. - 3/9/2005
On February 22, 2002, the employee-appellee, William T. Carlson, initiated this civil action to recover workers' compensation benefits alleging he sustained a neck injury arising out of and within the course and scope of his...
Archibald v. Saturn Corp. - 3/9/2005
The employee-appellee, James Archibald, has worked for Saturn Corporation from August 16, 1989, until the present. During the week of July 4 through July 9, 2000, Mr. Archibald injured himself while replacing a paint booth at the...
State v. Thomas - 3/4/2005
The defendant, Andrew Thomas, and his co-defendant, Anthony Bond, were indicted for the felony murder of the victim, James Day. The following evidence was presented at the joint trial of the defendant and Bond.
Guilt Phase ...
Emmit v. Emmit - 2/24/2005
I.
The plaintiff was first married to James Randall Medley in February, 1986. They were subsequently divorced by judgment entered March 31, 1994. Following their divorce, the plaintiff and Mr. Medley continued to interact and...
Finn v. Bundy - 2/22/2005
These parties were divorced by order entered September 11, 1996, and the final decree approved and incorporated a marital dissolution agreement. The wife was given custody of the parties' two minor children, and the husband was...
Elliott v. Neeley - 2/22/2005
I.
On September 13, 2002, the plaintiff took a job as a dishwasher with the Plaza Restaurant. Three months later, the plaintiff noticed that some grease had been spilled on the floor in the area in which she worked. Because of...
Curtis v. G.E. Capital Modular Space - 2/18/2005
Factual and Procedural Background
This matter arises from an action for workers' compensation benefits. The plaintiff, Carolyn Curtis, an employee of TRW, Inc. ("TRW") in Rogersville, Tennessee, tripped and fell while walking...
Langford v. Darden - 2/16/2005
On August 30, 2001 a dog owned by Yolanda or Chantal Darden, who resided at 490 Bellamy Lane in Clarksville, ran onto the property of the plaintiffs, who resided at 483 Bellamy Lane, and attacked plaintiff Donna Langford. The Dardens...
Mills v. Wong - 2/16/2005
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Frank Fetzer Mills, Jr. ("Mr. Mills") was suffering from depression, insomnia and other mental and physical ailments. On November 17, 1994, he sought professional care at defendant Charter...
Patterson v. Arif - 2/14/2005
On March 28, 2003, Mattie Patterson (Ms. Patterson) filed a wrongful death cause of action against Dr. Muhammad Arif (Dr. Arif), a licensed physician whose office is on Knight Arnold Road in Memphis. In her complaint, Ms. Patterson...
Cliburn v. Sullivan - 2/7/2005
This is a dispute between divorced parents over the settlement proceeds awarded for the wrongful death of their son, Jedidiah Lee Sullivan, who was killed in July of 2001 in a motor vehicle accident. Jedidiah was seventeen years old...
Pugh v. State - 2/3/2005
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
Eddie Pugh ("Mr. Pugh" or "Appellant") is currently an inmate in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction ("TDOC") housed at Northwest Correctional Complex ("NWCC") in...
Foster v. Morrow Trucking - 1/25/2005
Procedural History
The employee, Mr. Foster, filed this civil action to recover workers' compensation benefits for a work-related injury alleged to have occurred on November 4, 1999, while working for Morrow Trucking Company,...
Crawley v. Hamilton County - 1/21/2005
Plaintiffs filed suit against Hamilton County, alleging that Noel Crawley was injured while working in the County Jail as a corrections officer, which injuries were proximately caused due to the negligence of another officer. Crawley...
Harris v. Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. - 1/21/2005
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
On November 13, 2000, Mona Lisa Harris ("Mother") and Mark A. Harris ("Father" or, collectively with Mother, "Appellants") filed a Complaint for Wrongful Death in the Circuit Court...
Lee v. State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co. - 1/21/2005
I.
Devin Shoughrue suffered serious brain damage on December 21, 1993, two days after he was born at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville. In November 1994, his parents, Kelvin and Laura Shoughrue, entered into a contingency...
Reed v. Green County - 1/19/2005
Background
This lawsuit involves Plaintiff's claim against the County for property damage resulting from a truck accident. According to the complaint, Plaintiff was driving a milk truck on Birdwell Mill Road in Greene County....
Holt v. Alexander - 1/13/2005
Plaintiff/Appellant Michael K. Holt ("Holt"), about 37 years old at the time of the incident in question, had a history of recurring kidney stones. He suffered his first kidney stone at age thirteen, and his parents brought him to a...
Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Williams - 1/11/2005
Appellant, Mid-Century Insurance Company, appeals from trial court order finding that the business pursuit and home care service exclusions in a homeowners insurance policy did not exclude coverage for the accidental death of Patrick...
Williams v. Baptist Memorial Hospital - 12/30/2004
This is a medical malpractice case. Appellants appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, a doctor and her employer. The trial court found that the affidavit of Plaintiffs/Appellants' expert was...
Vickroy v. Pathways - 12/30/2004
The week of February 4, 2001, Plaintiff/Appellant Pamela Vickroy ("Vickroy") had been sick for several days, staying inside the apartment she shared with two roommates. On February 4, 2001, one of the roommates called police officers...
Stupp v. Phillips Auto Body - 11/30/2004
Plaintiff was, at time of trial, 38 years old, married with four children, and attended school to the 11th grade. Plaintiff was employed as an auto body frame technician at Phillips Auto Body, LLC. The company was owned by Mary and...
Elosiebo v. State - 11/29/2004
In this action, plaintiff, a student at the University of Tennessee, alleges she was a victim of medical malpractice at the University of Tennessee Student Health Clinic. She alleges she visited the clinic on August 23, 2000, after...
Whittington-Barrett v. Sprinkle - 11/29/2004
Plaintiff, a prison inmate, brought this action in the Chancery Court of Johnson County against a fellow prisoner for allegedly assaulting plaintiff, and sought damages for personal injuries.
The Chancery Court ordered the case...
Lacy v. Cox - 11/22/2004
Factual and Procedural Background
This lawsuit arises from a chain reaction automobile accident that occurred in Sevier County, Tennessee, on or about June 15, 2000. The plaintiff, Donald R. Lacy, while driving his Ford truck...
Harris v. Abram - 11/22/2004
I.
On March 19, 1997, Mary B. Harris was admitted to St. Thomas Hospital suffering from severe lower back and left leg pain. She was seen by Dr. Steven R. Abrams, a neurosurgeon, who diagnosed her with a recurrent herniation...
In re T.L.M. - 11/19/2004
This is a termination of parental rights case. M.E.M. ("Mother") has seven children and has been incarcerated on several occasions. At the time of the trial of this matter, Mother was incarcerated, having violated probation after...
Deas v. State - 11/19/2004
Factual Background and Procedural History
On September 28, 1999, Leslie Yovan ("Decedent"), a young attorney from Ohio, was traveling westbound on Highway 57 in McNairy County, Tennessee, on her way to the Memphis airport to...
Yeubanks v. Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals - 11/18/2004
This appeal arises out of a personal injury lawsuit that was dismissed for non-payment of discretionary costs. Appellant, Christina Yeubanks, contends that several errors at trial require us to reverse the trial court: the transfer...
Reliance Insurance Co. v. Mackey - 11/18/2004
Reliance Insurance Company provided workers' compensation benefits for Marty Kratz when he suffered a work-related injury on March 22, 2000. Following the injury, Kratz was referred to Dr. Edward Mackey to repair herniated discs. Dr....
In re Estate of Jenkins - 11/16/2004
Jason Jenkins was a mentally challenged 17-year-old child enrolled in Harris-Hillman School's special education program. Metropolitan Government of Davidson County operated Harris-Hillman School for the disabled, and employed Mary...
State v. Denton - 11/15/2004
FACTS
The defendant, Dr. Stephen Denton, was a physician practicing in Athens, Tennessee. In 1998 a patient complained to authorities that the defendant had acted improperly during a physical examination, including...
Allstate Insurance Co. v. Grimes - 11/8/2004
Lawrence and Janet Grimes, the named insureds under an Allstate Deluxe Homeowner's Insurance Policy, appeal the award of summary judgment in favor of Allstate.
This action arises out of a shooting at the home of Lawrence and...
Norvell v. Menlo Logistics - 11/8/2004
The employee or claimant, Mr. Norvell, initiated this civil action against the employer, Menlo Logistics, Inc., to recover workers' compensation benefits for an allegedly work-related back injury. The employer denied liability. After...
Hampton v. Wal-Mart Stores - 11/5/2004
This is a action for personal injury in which plaintiff/appellant, Betty L. Hampton, alleges that she slipped and fell on baby food which had spilled from a broken jar onto the floor of the store of defendant/appellee, Wal-Mart...
Dubois v. Haykal - 11/2/2004
Facts and Procedural History
In March 1996, Stephanie Dubois ("Dubois" or "Appellant") entered into a physician/patient relationship with Dr. Radwan Haykal ("Haykal"), following her admission for partial hospitalization to...
Love v. American Federation of State - 11/1/2004
From November 1989 until his termination on June 30, 1998, Plaintiff/Appellant R. L. Love ("Love") was employed by Shelby County, Tennessee, as a correctional officer at the Shelby County Correctional Center in Memphis ("Penal...
B. M. M. v. P. R. M. - 8/18/2004
Appellant B. M. M. ("Mother") and Appellee P. R. M. ("Father") were divorced by final decree on January 29, 2001. At the time, the parties agreed on a "Permanent Parenting Plan" concerning the parties' then six-year-old daughter,...
In re Estate of Hess - 2/27/2004
The appellant attorneys in this case seek attorney's fees out of a minor child's proceeds from a settlement in probate court. The facts underlying this appeal arose during the administration of the estate of Lurline M. Hess ("Lurline...
State v. Thomas - 2/27/2004
Guilt Phase Evidence
On Monday, April 21, 1997, thirty-nine-year-old James Day, a guard with Loomis Fargo, prepared to go to work. He instructed his wife, Faye, to go to Sears that day and buy him a pair of work boots because...
Phillips v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company - 2/26/2004
I. Facts and Procedural Background
Michael Wayne Phillips, age 43, had been working for United Parcel Service (U.P.S.) for thirteen years when he injured his back and right arm on December 3, 2001. As a part of his job driving...
Dye v. Murphy - 2/25/2004
This is a medical malpractice action. Defendant Roger Woods, M..D. (Dr. Woods), treated Jimmy Doyle Dye (Mr. Dye) on March 9, 2001, in the Emergency Room of Humboldt General Hospital. Mr. Dye died on March 28, 2001. On March 28,...
Ward v. Ami Sub - 2/25/2004
On April 19, 2000, Plaintiff Linda Ward (Ms. Ward) filed her original complaint against AMI SUB (SFH), Inc., d/b/a Saint Francis Hospital ("St. Francis") and Louis J. Eberle, M.D. (Dr. Eberle) alleging medical malpractice. In her...
Brown v. Crown Equipment Corporation - 2/25/2004
In their complaint, Plaintiffs Charles Brown (Brown) and Barbara Sue Reynolds (Mrs. Reynolds) allege that they sustained leg injuries while operating two different models of Defendant's, Crown Equipment Corporation (Crown),...
Pellicano v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County - 2/23/2004
The issue is whether the plaintiff, who suffered from a pre-existing herniated disk, presented sufficient proof to establish that the incident with the defendant's ambulance was the cause in fact for surgery to repair the herniated...
State v. Marlow - 2/17/2004
In October of 2001, the defendant, Louise Dawson Marlow, was indicted for the first degree murder of her husband, Joe Howard Marlow. She entered a plea of nolo contendere to reckless homicide, a Class D felony, and agreed to a...
Tennessean v. City of Lebanon - 2/13/2004
The sole issues in this appeal involve questions relating to the trial court's award of attorney fees. Since those fees arose from underlying litigation under the Public Records Act, and those records were created as the result of a...
Fowler v. Henderson - 12/31/2003
The Plaintiffs, Ronald E. Fowler and wife, Barbara Fowler, allegedly sustained personal injuries and property damage when their vehicle, which was stopped in a line of traffic, was struck by a vehicle owned by Defendant, Cook's Pest...
Hungerford v. State - 12/31/2003
This appeal arose from the Claims Commission's dismissal of a claim. On July 18, 2001, Plaintiff/Appellant Donald Hungerford ("Hungerford") filed a complaint in circuit court alleging the wrongful death of his wife as a result of...
Wooten v. Wal-Mart Stores - 12/31/2003
The employee or claimant, Mr. Wooten, initiated this civil action to recover medical benefits, temporary total disability benefits and permanent partial disability benefits for a back injury occurring on November 15, 1999, arising...
Raiteri ex rel Cox v. NHC Healthcare/Knoxville - 12/30/2003
I.
A.
Mrs. Cox, age 77, was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital with chest pains and other symptoms. Her husband, Charles E. Cox ("Mr. Cox"), age 75, anticipated that his wife would receive physical therapy at St. Mary's so...
Taylor v. Square D Co. - 12/30/2003
Susan Taylor brought suit against Square D Company ("Square D") seeking damages for the death of her husband, Michael Taylor, which occurred at the Bosch Braking facility in Clarksville, Tennessee. Mr. Taylor, a journeyman...
Shoemake v. Omniquip International - 12/30/2003
In November of 1997, Zellner Construction ("Zellner") was hired to construct a Fairfield Inn Hotel at the corner of American Way and Perkins in Memphis, Tennessee (the "Site"). Zellner served as the general contractor at the Site....
Deatheridge v. Barksdale - 12/23/2003
The accident at issue in this case occurred on May 21, 1998, at the intersection of Lombardy Drive and Hillsboro Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. The vehicle driven by Elaine Deathridge was stopped at a red light when it was struck from...
Bravo v. Sumner Regional Health Systems - 12/23/2003
On November 1, 2000, Plaintiff/Appellant Leonorilda Gamboa ("Mother"), who was pregnant, went to Sumner Regional Medical Center ("Sumner Medical") in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee and had an obstetric ultrasound test performed....
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