Press Releases

December 22, 2025

Nashville, Tenn. – Today the Tennessee Supreme Court reinstated workers’ compensation benefits in Edwards v. Peoplease, LLC et al. The plaintiff in the case, Jo Carol Edwards, drove a truck for Peoplease, LLC. In August 2020, one of the tires on the truck blew out, and the vehicle went…



December 22, 2025

Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Supreme Court held today, in Brian Coblentz et al. v. Tractor Supply Company, that workers’ compensation law does not prevent an employee of a product vendor, injured on the job while at a retail store, from suing the store for his injuries.

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December 22, 2025

On January 8, 2026, the Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for its January docket in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oral arguments will be heard at the Tennessee Supreme Court building in Knoxville and livestreamed to the TNCourts YouTube page (