Employment Law Court Rulings

Workers' compensation—Mandamus—Violations of specific safety requirements ("VSSRs")—Adm.Code 4123:1-3-03(J)(1) (requiring that fall-protection gear be provided to employees exposed to hazards of falling)—Employer failed to establish that Industrial Commission failed to perform a legal duty or…

The plaintiffs, victims of criminal computer hacking by the defendant L, appealed from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of L's parent, the defendant J. The plaintiffs claimed that the court improperly granted summary judgment because J had voluntarily assumed a duty of care…

The plaintiff appealed from the trial court's judgments denying his applica- tion to vacate an arbitration award and granting the defendants' application to confirm that same award, which had been issued in connection with an employment dispute. The award was issued in favor of the defendant W Co.,…

Following a retrial, Defendant, William Eugene Moon, was convicted by a Coffee County jury of attempted second degree murder and employment of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony and sentenced to an effective sixteen-year sentence to serve in the Tennessee…