Employment Law Court Rulings

COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - WORKERS' COMPENSATION: In a case for workers' compensation benefits, the trial court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the employer and the Administrator based on collateral estoppel where the issue of the decedent's cause of death had been fully and fairly…

Jenkins failed to perfect her appeal of the school board's decision to terminate her employment, and the trial court accordingly lacked jurisdiction over her complaint. The November 3, 2016 decision of the trial court awarding Jenkins damages is accordingly vacated. (Tucker, J., concurring).

Injured person did not prove that she was in the scope of her employment when she was injured in an automobile collision.

Preliminary injunction Interlocutory appeal Substantial right Employment Agreement

Attorneys-Misconduct-Federal felony conviction based on participation in bribery and kickback scheme-Multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation and engaging in conduct that adversely reflects on…

This case is again before this Court after being remanded to the Circuit Court for Hamilton County ("the Trial Court") for a determination of whether it was in the best interest of the parties' minor child ("the Child") to relocate to New Jersey with Jessica Marcel Broadnax ("Mother"). Mother…

This is the second appeal of this employment discrimination case involving two plaintiffs. In the first appeal, Goree v. United Parcel Service, 490 S.W.3d 413 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015), perm. app. denied (Tenn. March 23, 2016), this Court reversed the judgment as to one plaintiff and affirmed the…