Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Here, the issue was whether the pre-suit notice letter was sent by plaintiff “more than one year after the cause of action accrued and the one-year statute of limitations period began to run.”. Note: Chapter 50, Section 3 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 30, 2021

Where the other driver in a car accident case died before suit was filed and the plaintiff failed to “timely file his tort action against the personal representative within the applicable statute of limitations,” summary judgment for the personal representative was affirmed. Luethke , No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

In general, when the property converted is a negotiable instrument, the damage is done, and the tort is complete when the instrument is negotiated, regardless of the plaintiff’s ignorance of the conversion.” Conversion of a negotiable instrument is subject to a three-year statute of limitations pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-118(g). “In

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. In addition, the defendants argued that the claims were not ripe, that the states lacked a cause of action, and that their claims were meritless.

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