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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Patterson v. Dunn - 6/16/1999
This is an action for the wrongful death of the plaintiff's mother, whose death was the result of two separate vehicular accidents. A jury allocated fault among the deceased and the three other parties involved in the two accidents....
Chenault v. Carsley - 6/14/1999
The Carsleys executed and delivered a promissory note on August 18, 1992, to the plaintiff in the amount of $12,228.00, payable in monthly installments of $509.50, the payment of which was allegedly secured by a "lien on pending...
England v. Hickory Specialties Inc. - 6/10/1999
Members of Panel:
AFFIRMED
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing...
Harris v. Chern - 6/9/1999
This is a medical malpractice case wherein Ronnie Dale Netherton, Jr., sustained severe brain injury incident to his birth at Baptist Hospital, Inc. The Trial Judge granted a partial judgment in favor of Baptist as to any negligence...
Barnes v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co. - 6/8/1999
In this Declaratory Judgment action, the Trial Judge entered summary judgment against Employers Mutual Casualty Company, in favor of the plaintiffs, declaring " he defendant owes the plaintiffs a duty of defense of the action pending...
Owens v. Methodist Health Care Systems - 6/7/1999
This is a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff asserts that the defendant physician caused the death of the decedent in the course of childbirth. The jury found in favor of the defendant physician. The plaintiff appeals, asserting...
Overstreet v. Shoney's - 6/4/1999
This appeal involves a freakish accident in which a shard from a broken dinner plate caused a restaurant patron to lose the sight in her left eye. The patron and her husband filed suit against the waitress who dropped the plate and...
State v. Williams - 6/3/1999
Defendant appeals as of right the trial court's denial of alternative sentencing. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to violation of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offenders Act, agreed to a sentence of 14 months and submitted the issue...
Nixon v. Shoney's Inc. - 6/2/1999
This is a personal injury slip and fall case. The plaintiff was injured when she fell in the defendant's restaurant due to a tray negligently left on the floor. The defendant restaurant admits liability but asserts that the evidence...
Planet Rock Inc. v. Regis Insurance Co. - 5/28/1999
FROM THE MADISON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN MURCHISON, JUDGE
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
W. FRANK CRAWFORD, PRESIDPRESIDING JUDGE, W.S.
CONCUR:
ALAN E. HIGHERS, JUDGE
This appeal concerns a...
Cox v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. - 5/26/1999
REVERSED AND DISMISSED
OPINION
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing...
Damron v. Media General Inc. - 5/25/1999
In this action, the plaintiff sought to represent a class of purchasers of a roofing product. The defendants moved for summary judgment on the product liability statute of repose, the applicable statute of limitations, the economic...
Mason v. Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency - 5/25/1999
Two employees of the Metropolitan Housing and Development Agency (MDHA) brought suit against their supervisor, the agency, and the agency's director, claiming that the supervisor had discriminated against them in violation of federal...
State v. Rogers - 5/24/1999
AFFIRMED.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the common law year-and-a-day rule is currently a viable principle of criminal law in Tennessee. The defendant argued in the Court of Criminal Appeals that his conviction for...
Carden v. Roane County - 5/20/1999
AFFIRMED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme...
Littles v. Laine - 5/7/1999
FROM THE SHELBY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT THE HONORABLE KAY S. ROBILIO, JUDGE
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED
CONCUR:
ALAN E. HIGHERS, JUDGE
HOLLY KIRBY LILLARD, JUDGE
This appeal involves a...
Pinson v. Tata - 3/29/1999
From the Circuit Court of Shelby County at Memphis. Honorable James E. Swearengen, Judge
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.: (Concurs)
HIGHERS, J. (Concurs)
Plaintiff Carrie Louise Pinson appeals an...
Reed v. Alamo Rent-A-Car Inc. - 3/26/1999
From the Circuit Court of Shelby County at Memphis. Honorable Kay S. Robilio, Judge
OPINION FILED:
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED
CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.: (Concurs)
LILLARD, J.: (Concurs) ...
Timbs v. Transportation Insurance Co. - 3/25/1999
AFFIRMED
OPINION
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to...
Intermodal Cartage Inc. v. Chambliss - 3/25/1999
AFFIRMED
JUDGMENT ORDER
This case is before the Court upon defendants' motion for review pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(5)(B), the entire record, including the order of referral to the Special Workers'...
Smith v. Georgia Pacific Corp. - 3/25/1999
AFFIRMED.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme...
Seiber v. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge - 3/25/1999
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3)...
Abbott v. Klote International Corp. - 3/24/1999
Jeffrey Abbott was killed in an industrial accident on the premises of the defendant, who had engaged his services through Atwork Personnel Services, Inc.
Atwork and its insurer settled the workers' compensation claim of the...
Davis v. Alexsis Inc. - 3/24/1999
This is an action by a worker against an adjusting company hired by a workers' compensation carrier to manage the worker's claim.
The complaint charges that the defendant improperly stopped paying temporary total disability...
Jastrebski v. Smith & Nephew Richards Inc. - 3/18/1999
SHELBY CIRCUIT
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY AT MEMPHIS THE HONORABLE JOHN R. McCARROLL, JUDGE
AFFIRMED
CONCUR:
W. FRANK CRAWFORD, JUDGE
DAVID R. FARMER, JUDGE (not Participating) ...
Hill v. City of Germantown - 3/17/1999
From the Circuit Court of Shelby County at Memphis. Honorable Robert L. Childers, Judge
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
CRAWFORD, P.J.,W.S.: (Concurs)
HIGHERS, J.: (Concurs)
This appeal involves two separate but...
McCracken v. City of Millington - 3/17/1999
From the Circuit Court of Shelby County at Memphis. Honorable Robert A. Lanier, Judge
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED
CRAWFORD, P.J.,W.S.: (Concurs)
HIGHERS, J.: (Concurs)
This action for...
In re Estate of March - 3/17/1999
This case involves the assets of an absentee's estate under Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-3-201, et seq. After appointing a conservator for the estate, the Probate Court of Davidson County approved the sale of the absentee's major asset, and...
Harris v. Thurmond - 3/17/1999
From the Circuit Court of Shelby County at Memphis. Honorable Jon Kerry Blackwood, Judge by designation
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
HIGHERS, J.: (Concurs)
HAYES, J.: (Concurs)
In this medical malpractice action, the...
Lethcoe v. Holden - 3/15/1999
E1999-02319-COA-R3-CV
APPEAL AS OF RIGHT FROM THE MCMINN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT HONORABLE JOHN B. HAGLER, JUDGE
O P I N I O N
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
1 This is a wrongful death case. Francis Ione Lethcoe sued the...
Howse v. State - 3/12/1999
An inmate filed a medical malpractice claim against the Department of Correction. The Claims Commission granted summary judgment to the Department. We affirm the Commission.
I.
On October 13, 1987, Curley Lee Howse, an...
Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Inman - 3/10/1999
In this declaratory judgment action, the Trial Judge held that the Inmans' policy of insurance did not provide coverage for a wrongful death action, because the exclusionary clause for intentional acts applied. The intervenor has...
Sherer v. Linginfelter - 3/10/1999
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Trial Court sustaining a motion for summary judgment in favor of Suzanne Sherer and Charles Sherer, who appear as the natural guardians of Teal Sherer. The Trial Court's action denied United...
Hopson v. Philips Consumer Electronics - 3/10/1999
MODIFIED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART and REMANDED.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3)...
Hughes v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. - 3/10/1999
In this products liability action, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant which the Trial Judge approved, and plaintiffs have appealed.
Plaintiffs brought this action against defendant alleging negligence and strict...
Ball v. Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services - 3/9/1999
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
This civil action was filed by Michelle Ball ("Ms. Ball") against Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services ("HCEMS") and others, seeking damages for the wrongful death of Ms. Ball's 16-month-old...
Adkins v. Beech Grove Processing Co. - 3/5/1999
AFFIRMED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme...
Warren v. TML Insurance Pool - 3/1/1999
REVERSED AND DISMISSED
OPINION
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing...
Dotson v. Blake - 12/31/1998
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WEAKLEY COUNTY AT DRESDEN, TENNESSEE THE HONORABLE WILLIAM B. ACREE, JR., JUDGE
AFFIRMED
ALAN E. HIGHERS, J.
CONCUR:
W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.
DAVID R. FARMER, J. ...
Pate v. State - 12/28/1998
Claims Commission No. 96001645
AFFIRMED
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is a medical malpractice case that comes to this Court from the Tennessee Claims Commission. Plaintiff, Adrian Pate, a minor by and through his mother...
Frady v. Ladd - 12/22/1998
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
This is a negligence action arising out of a two-vehicle, head-on collision that occurred on a rural road in Bledsoe County on March 31, 1995. The jury found the defendant, Jeffrey C. Ladd, 100% at fault,...
Dowdy v. Wilson - 12/21/1998
AFFIRMED
CONCUR: W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S. DAVID R. FARMER, J.
Defendants-Appellants, Myles and Arlene Wilson, appeal the ruling of the trial court which awarded Plaintiff-Appellee Mary Dowdy, as next of kin of the...
Moon v. St. Thomas Hospital - 12/21/1998
We granted this appeal to address whether a hospital's general duty to exercise reasonable and ordinary care to maintain an open airway in an intubated patient is negated merely because the transection of an endotracheal tube is an...
Lawson v. State - 12/17/1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
This appeal involves a claim for post-trial, prejudgment interest. It arises out of an action for damages brought by Bessie and Carl Lawson ("the claimants") for the wrongful death of their son, Jeffrey...
Lipscomb v. Doe - 12/16/1998
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
HIGHERS, J.: (Concurs) LILLARD, J.: (Concurs)
Plaintiff Cassandra Lynn Lipscomb appeals the trial court's denial of her motion for leave to amend as well as the trial court's dismissal of all of her...
State v. Haywood - 12/11/1998
The defendant, Carlos D. Haywood, was convicted in a jury trial in the Shelby County Criminal Court of felony murder and attempt to commit especially aggravated robbery. After a bifurcated trial in which the state sought a life...
Mayers v. Miller Medical Group - 12/8/1998
Plaintiff, Robert E. Mayers, acting pro se in this medical malpractice action, appeals the decision of the Circuit Court of Davidson County denying his application for relief under Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure 60.02 from a...
State v. Wentzel - 12/7/1998
On December 6, 1996, a Williamson County jury convicted Appellant, Darrell Wentzel, of two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, and one count of aggravated kidnapping. After a sentencing hearing on January...
Smith v. Heritage Ford-Lincoln-Mercury - 12/3/1998
MODIFIED IN PART VACATED IN PART
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. section...
Hasty v. Throneberry - 12/2/1998
Rutherford Circuit No. 31613
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY AT MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE THE HONORABLE ROBERT E. CORLEW, JUDGE
AFFIRMED
CONCUR: W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S. DAVID R. FARMER, J. ...
Farrow v. Ogle - 8/19/1998
JEFFERSON COUNTY
HON. JOHN K. WILSON, JUDGE (Sitting by Interchange)
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
In this legal malpractice suit, Jeannie Farrow appeals a summary judgment rendered against her in favor of Carl R. Ogle, Jr.,...
Odom v. City of Chattanooga - 8/19/1998
APPEAL AS OF RIGHT FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
HONORABLE L. MARIE WILLIAMS, JUDGE
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
The plaintiff, James Odom, Sr. ("Odom"), sued the City of Chattanooga ("the City") under the Tennessee...
Hopper v. Tabor - 8/19/1998
WASHINGTON LAW
HON. THOMAS J. SEELEY, JR. JUDGE
This is a medical malpractice case. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment supported by the affidavit of defendant, Dr. David C. Tabor, which, among other things,...
State v. Ball - 8/19/1998
GREENE COUNTY
HON. JAMES E. BECKNER, JUDGE
(Robbery)
OPINION FILED:
AFFIRMED
The defendant was indicted on robbery. Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced as a Range II...
Carter v. Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance - 8/10/1998
KNOX CHANCERY
HON. FREDERICK D. McDONALD, CHANCELLOR
MEMORANDUM
AFFIRMED and MODIFIED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court...
Hogan v. Reese - 7/31/1998
Sumner Circuit
No. 15609-C
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SUMNER COUNTY AT GALLATIN, TENNESSEE
THE HONORABLE THOMAS GOODALL, JUDGE
REVERSED AND REMANDED
In this case defendant appeals a jury verdict for...
Heidel v. Barnes & Noble Bookstores Inc. - 7/30/1998
PUTNAM COUNTY CIRCUIT
HON. JOHN MADDUX, JR., JUDGE
MEMORANDUM
AFFIRMED, AS MODIFIED
This appeal in a workers' compensation case has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme...
Fye v. Kennedy - 6/26/1998
APPEAL AS OF RIGHT FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
HONORABLE SAMUEL H. PAYNE, JUDGE
CAROL A. MUTTER
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
VACATED IN PART AFFIRMED IN PART REMANDED FOR NEW TRIAL
This is a...
Hull v. Emro Marketing Co. - 6/23/1998
RUTHERFORD CHANCERY
HON. DON R. ASH, JUDGE
MEMORANDUM
REVERSED and REMANDED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in...
Gordon v. Wilson - 6/18/1998
Madison Circuit No. 59360-4 T.D.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MADISON COUNTY AT JACKSON, TENNESSEE THE HONORABLE WHIT LAFON, JUDGE
AFFIRMED
ALAN E. HIGHERS, J.
CONCUR:
W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S. ...
Fletcher v. Wausau Insurance Co. - 6/18/1998
ROANE CHANCERY
Hon. Frank V. Williams, Chancellor
MEMORANDUM
AFFIRMED.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance...
Pierce v. State - 6/16/1998
FROM THE TENNESSEE CLAIMS COMMISSION THE HONORABLE MARTHA B. BRASFIELD, COMMISSIONER
Tennessee Claims Commission No. 96-015
AFFIRMED
This is a medical malpractice case tried by the Tennessee Claims Commission....
Swafford v. Memphis Individual Practice Association - 6/8/1998
Shelby Law No. 54167
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY AT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. CHILDERS, JUDGE
REVERSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART AND REMANDED
This is a libel suit brought by a...
Hudson v. Shorter - 6/8/1998
Shelby Circuit No. 78879 T.D.
FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY THE HONORABLE JAMES E. SWEARENGEN, JUDGE
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
Opinion filed:
This is an automobile personal injury case. The defendant,...
General Electric Co. v. Process Control Co. - 6/8/1998
FOR PUBLICATION
United States District Court Western District of Tennessee Eastern Division
No. 1-96-1172
Hon. James D. Todd United States District Judge
This case comes to us on a certified question of law. The...
Shank v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - 6/8/1998
RUTHERFORD CHANCERY
HON. ROBERT E. CORLEW, III, CHANCELLOR
MEMORANDUM
AFFIRMED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in...
Bomely v. Mid-America Corp. - 6/1/1998
FOR PUBLICATION
June 1, 1998
Knox Chancery
Hon. Frederick D. McDonald Chancellor
TRIAL COURT REVERSED IN PART AND AFFIRMED IN PART.
In this workers' compensation action the Second Injury Fund,...
Flickner v. Crete Carrier Corp. - 5/27/1998
KNOX CHANCERY
HON. SHARON BELL, CHANCELLOR
MEMORANDUM
MODIFIED and AFFIRMED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in...
State v. Whitfield - 5/27/1998
SHELBY COUNTY Hon. James C. Beasley, Jr., Judge
(Aggravated Robbery; Aggravated Assault)
OPINION FILED
AFFIRMED
The appellant, Gregory Whitfield, appeals his convictions by a Shelby County jury for the crimes of...
Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co. v. Moteleone - 5/26/1998
MEMORANDUM
MEMBERS OF judges: LYLE REID, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT JOSEPH C. LOSER, JR., RETIRED JUDGE WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, RETIRED JUDGE
AFFIRMED
This appeal in a workers' compensation case has been referred to...
Plunk v. Illinois Central Railroad - 5/22/1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED
Opinion filed:
Judy Plunk ("plaintiff") as administratrix of her husband's estate, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Shelby County pursuant to the Federal Employer's Liability Act, (FELA) against the...
Dempsey v. International Association of Bridge - 5/22/1998
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
This is a wrongful death action. The plaintiffs charge generally that the defendants failed to provide a safe place for the decedent to work or were negligent or breached a contract with the deceased in...
Biggs v. Jones Stone Co. - 5/13/1998
MEMORANDUM
AFFIRMED
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting...
Seffernick v. Saint Thomas Hospital - 5/11/1998
FOR PUBLICATION
DAVIDSON CIRCUIT
Hon. Thomas W. Brothers, Judge
COURT OF APPEALS REVERSED
We granted this appeal to decide whether the trial court erred in relying on excerpts of a deposition when striking the...
Hall v. St. Thomas Hospital - 5/7/1998
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED.
CONCUR:
BEN H. CANTRELL, JUDGE
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JUDGE
This is a medical malpractice suit in which the plaintiffs have appealed from a summary judgment in favor of all defendants. ...
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