Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The only issue in this personal injury case was damages. Plaintiff and his experts also testified that plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident. The trial court applied the statutory non-economic damages cap to reduce the award to $1,529,777, which the Court of Appeals affirmed in a lengthy opinion.

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Tort Personal Injury Court Court Rules 59

Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. The Solution: Integrated Court Rules.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Where plaintiff’s personal injury claim was based on a Tennessee car accident for which defendant was given a traffic citation for failure to exercise due care under Tenn. In this case, the sole issue was whether this statute was “applicable to traffic citations,” which was a matter of first impression in Tennessee.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This ruling was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. The Tennessee Claims Commission Rules also refer to the “time limit set out in T.C.A. § Plaintiff advanced several arguments in support of this theory, but the Court of Appeals rejected each one. Code Ann. § 9-8-402(c).” internal citation omitted). Code Ann. §

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 18, 2022

Plaintiff was in an accident while driving an HMA vehicle, and he filed a personal injury suit and gave HMA’s insurer, defendant Liberty Mutual, notice of a potential uninsured motorist claim. The evidence showed that in 2002, an HMA representative had rejected uninsured motorist coverage in Tennessee in a signed, dated document.

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Personal Injury Healthcare Court Court Rules 59

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Six Flags St.

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