JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

Tort 43

Tort Litigation Litigating Manufacturing 43

Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Where an HCLA plaintiff’s expert testified at his deposition that he was not very familiar with Kingsport and that he had only reviewed information about Kingsport the night before the deposition, rather than before forming his medical opinions, the trial court did not err by excluding the expert based on the locality rule.

Tort 59

Tort Depositions Depose Court 59

Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. Many attorneys also rely on the paralegal to do the first-round draft of pleadings that will be filed with the court. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. that the attorney might want to use during these depositions, mediations, and arbitrations.

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Paralegal Paralegals Litigation Litigating 130

Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The trial court eventually granted the motion for summary judgment, agreeing that defendant owed no duty here, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. The Court began its negligence analysis by considering whether defendant owed a duty under the contract.

Contract 52

Contract Tort Court Rules Statute 52

Day on Torts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn. Code Ann. §

Prima Facie Case 59

Prima Facie Case Tort Real Estate Statute 59

Day on Torts

JANUARY 29, 2021

After a bench trial, the trial court awarded plaintiff $200,000 in damages, which included approximately $64,000 in medical expenses. The Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) governs suits against governmental entities in Tennessee, removing immunity for governmental entities only in certain situations. internal citation omitted).

Tort 59

Tort Depositions Court Sports 59

Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

The trial court found, based on the testimony of the parties, that the purpose of the annuity was to ensure that the mother would eventually qualify for Medicaid benefits. Defendant signed both his own name and plaintiff’s name on the check, then deposited the proceeds into a joint account he shared with his then wife.

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Divorce Cause of Action Statute Diligence 59