COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

Lazenby vs. Lazenby
01A01-9708-GS-00432
Trial Court Judge: Robert P. Hamilton

Stones River Utilities vs. Metro Gov't
01A01-9709-CH-00461
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Wright, et. al. vs. C & S Family Credit
01A01-9709-CH-00470
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Wright, et. al. vs. C & S Family Credit
01A01-9709-CH-00470
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

01A01-9709-CV-00479
01A01-9709-CV-00479
Trial Court Judge: Barbara N. Haynes

Compton vs. Campbell, Commissioner
01A01-9710-CH-00539
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Teaster vs. Dept. of Correction
01A01-9608-CH-00358
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Norris vs. Windrow
01A01-9706-JV-00242
Trial Court Judge: Larry Brandon

Sprayberry-Gravitt vs. Baker
01A01-9707-CH-00295
Trial Court Judge: Carol A. Catalano

Ali vs. Moore
03A01-9708-CV-00347

Dorothy O'Shea vs. Vet/Betty Conder
02A01-9704-CH-00083
Trial Court Judge: J. Walton West

Moser vs. Dept. of Transp., et. al .
01A01-9707-CH-00317
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Erwin, et. ux. vs. Lovell, et. al.
01A01-9706-CV-00248
Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain

Pardue, Jr. vs. Metro Gov't
01A01-9707-CH-00312
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Holt vs. Lewis
01A01-9707-PB-00314
Trial Court Judge: Frank G. Clement, Jr.

Friar vs. Kroger
03A01-9710-CV-00470

Quarles vs. Shoemaker
03A01-9708-CH-00370

Steven Cobb v. Joseph Vinson, et al.
02A01-9707-CV-00144
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: Judge R. Lee Moore Jr.

Stephen Cobb (“petitioner”) filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Circuit Court of Lake County against Joseph Vinson, Chairman of the Lake County Regional Correctional Facility disciplinary board (“LCRCF”); Billy Compton, warden of LCRCF; and Donal Campbell (“commissioner”), commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction (collectively “respondents”) seeking court review of actions taken by the prison disciplinary board, prison warden, and department commissioner. Due process violations resulting therefrom were also alleged. The trial court granted respondents’ motion for dismissal for improper venue and petitioner has appealed. On appeal, a single issue was presented for our review: whether the trial court erred in granting respondents’ motion to dismiss for improper venue. For reasons state hereinafter, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand.

Est. of John B. Ferguson, Jr., Deceased, and John and Patricia Sylawa, v. First American Trust Company, N.A., Executor
01A01-9707-PB-00313
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Trial Court Judge: Judge Frank G. Clement, Jr.

This is a will contest case involving a succession of wills, disputes as to the testamentary capacity of the testator at the time of the making of each of the wills, and the standing of the contestants. At the present stage of the proceedings, the contestants are in the position of plaintiffs, because they initiated the contest.

The Oak Ridge Boys, Inc., v. Steve H. Sanders, et. al.
01A01-9708-CH-00401
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Judge Tom E. Gray

This is an unemployment compensation case. Plaintiff, The Oak Ridge Boys, Inc., appeals the order of the trial court which affirmed the decision of the Board of Review of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security to award benefits to Steve Sanders.
 

Gail Joan Hollen Ritchie v. David Anthony Ritchie
01A01-9708-CH-00425
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert E. Burch

This is an appeal from a divorce decree in which the only issue is which parent should have principal custody of Luke, the minor child of the parties who was born July 13, 1993. The divorce decree of the Trial Court granted principal custody to the father, and the mother appealed to this Court. Her sole issue on appeal is: The Trial Court erred in denying Plaintiff/Appellant primary custody of the minor child of this marriage.

Carver Plumbing Company v. Martha Cone Beck
01A01-9708-CV-00377
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge Walter C. Kurtz

Plaintiff Carver Plumbing Company, Inc. (Carver Plumbing), appeals the trial court’s order entering summary judgment in favor of Carver Plumbing’s former attorney, Defendant/Appellee Martha Cone Beck (Beck). We reverse the trial court’s judgment based on our conclusion that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether Carver Plumbing’s action against Beck is barred by the one-year statute of limitations applicable to legal malpractice actions.

Kerry Garland v. Jim Bonner and d/b/a EZA Aqua Glass Pools; Ken Hopkins and Pam Hopkins v. Jim Bonner and d/b/a EZA Aqua Glass Pools - Concurring
01A01-9710-CV-00570
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Judge William B. Cain

This is an appeal of two cases consolidated for trial. Both cases originated in the General Sessions Court of Maury County, Tennessee and are styled as follows:

Ken Hopkins and wife Pam Hopkins,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Jim Bonner, Individually and d/b/a
EZA Aquaglass Pools,
Defendant.
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Kerry Garland,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Jim Bonner, individually and d/b/a
EZA Aquaglass Pools,
Defendant.

Rovene Lowe, v. Winnie Sue Sanders Cannon and husband, Robert Cannon
02A01-9707-CH-00147
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor John Walton West

This is a suit to establish a resulting trust and to recover for the breach thereof. Plaintiff/Appellee Rovene Lowe (Lowe) brought suit alleging a resulting trust and seeking damages arising from an alleged breach by Defendants/Appellants Winnie Sue Sanders Cannon  (Mrs. Cannon) and Robert Cannon (Mr. Cannon).  Charles Sanders died in 1990. The trial court found that Lowe had proven the existence of a resulting trust and that the Cannons had breached the trust. Consequently, the trial court awarded Lowe $15,840 in damages. The Cannons appeal.

Jacqueline S. Whiteside, v. Jerry Whiteside
03A01-9707-CV-00272
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge William H. Williams
Trial Court Judge: Judge Samuel H. Payne

This appeal is from the action by the trial court on a contempt citation by the Appellant, hereinafter “Wife,” and a Petition to Modify the original Divorce Decree and a motion under Rule 60, Tenn. R. Civ. P., brought by the Appellee, hereinafter “Husband.”