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Plaintiff/Appellant appeals the dismissal of her negligence action against Shelby County, Tennessee, brought pursuant to the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act. The trial court found that Appellant's complaint contained a fatal deficiency in that it failed to allege Appellant's injuries were…
Industrial Commission workers compensation privacy
This is a retaliatory discharge claim brought by an employee against his employer, alleging he was fired in retaliation for claiming workers' compensation benefits. The trial court ruled in favor of the employee, finding that the employee had made a prima facie showing that his termination was in…
Prof.Cond.R. 1.2, 1.7, 1.10, 1.13, 3.4, and 3.7 disqualification of opposing counsel conflict of interest loyalty to organization counsel as witness. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting appellee's motion to disqualify opposing counsel from representing affiliated business…
Appellant was previously terminated from his employment with the Shelby County Fire Department. After the Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board upheld Appellant's termination, judicial review followed in the Shelby County Chancery Court, which affirmed the Merit Board's decision. In his appeal to…
The Defendant, Jamaal Austin, was convicted by a jury of one count of first degree felony murder one count of first degree premeditated murder one count of especially aggravated robbery, a Class A felony two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, a Class C felony one count of aggravated burglary,…
This interlocutory appeal involves a complaint for damages under the Public Employee Political Freedom Act. The chancery court transferred the case to circuit court after determining that only unliquidated damages were "available" under the statute. We conclude that the complaint failed to allege…
This appeal involves the forfeiture of the retirement benefits of a former Tennessee trial judge after he was convicted in federal court of numerous felonies arising out of his official capacity as a trial judge and constituting malfeasance in office. The former trial judge appealed the termination…
We granted the Rule 9 application for an interlocutory appeal filed by The Krystal Company ("Krystal") to consider whether certain communications between Krystal's chief legal officer and David Jungling ("Jungling"), an employee of Krystal vendor Denali Sourcing Services, Inc. ("Denali"), are…
Common pleas court did not abuse its discretion by affirming Unemployment Review Commission determination on the facts of this case, that medical transportation company's drivers were employees rather than independent contractors. The common pleas court examined the twenty factors set forth by rule…
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