At the Lectern

JULY 6, 2023

Victory Woodworks , the Supreme Court today holds that employers currently can’t be sued for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members. Allowing liability “would impose an intolerable burden on employers and society in contravention of public policy,” the court says. In Kuciemba v.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 21, 2022

E2020-00688-COA-R10-CV, 2022 WL 1042733 (Tenn. April 7, 2022), plaintiff was the school secretary at an elementary school, and defendant was the employer of school bus drivers for that school. Defendant had filed a motion to dismiss, which the trial court denied, ruling that plaintiff had satisfied the elements of that claim.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

M2022-00476-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16545403 (Tenn. 31, 2022), patient was hospitalized at defendant hospital from August 7-24, 2020. Plaintiff was thus not entitled to the 120-day time extension under the HCLA, and the trial court granted dismissal based on untimeliness. In Jackson v. Vanderbilt University Medical Center , No.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. This was the scenario facing the New Zealand High Court in the recent case of Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited [2022] NZHC 2881.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has just released a judgment on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation ( Body Corporate Number DPS 91535 v 3A Composites GmbH [2023] NZCA 647 ). In response, 3AC protested the New Zealand court’s jurisdiction.

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Day on Torts

MAY 11, 2022

E2021-00881-COA-R9-CV, 2022 WL 1117453 (Tenn. April 14, 2022), plaintiff filed an HCLA claim against several defendants, including the State of Tennessee as the employer of Dr. Landry, who was allegedly negligent. The Court of Appeals began by looking at Tenn. State , No. On appeal, that ruling was reversed. Code Ann. §

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Day on Torts

MAY 3, 2022

M2020-01448-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 1210462 (Tenn. April 25, 2022), plaintiff was shot multiple times by her estranged husband in August 2018. The County filed a motion to dismiss based on the GTLA discretionary function exception and/or the public duty doctrine, which the trial court granted, but the Court of Appeals reversed.

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