COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

01A01-9607-CV-00328
01A01-9607-CV-00328
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Sumner Court of Appeals

01A01-9607-CV-00337
01A01-9607-CV-00337
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Davidson Court of Appeals

Elvin L. Blankenship and wife, Mary Blankenship, and Wayne Blankenship, v. Alvis Blankenship and wife, Dorothy Blankenship, and Charles Goodman and wife, Kathy Goodman
02A01-9603-CH-00051
Authoring Judge: Judge Heschel Pickens Franks
Trial Court Judge: Judge Joe C. Morris

In this boundary line dispute the Trial Court appointed a surveyor who established a boundary line between the parties which ws adopted by the Trial Judge in the Decree in this case. Defendants has appealed, asserting the Trial Court erred in limiting their proof and in adopting the boundary established by the surveyor.

Wayne Court of Appeals

01A01-9608-BC-00359
01A01-9608-BC-00359
Trial Court Judge: William C. Koch

Court of Appeals

01A01-9606-CH-00279
01A01-9606-CH-00279
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Davidson Court of Appeals

01A01-9606-CH-00278
01A01-9606-CH-00278
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Davidson Court of Appeals

01A01-9606-CH-00256
01A01-9606-CH-00256
Trial Court Judge: Henry F. Todd

Court of Appeals

01A01-9606-CH-00256
01A01-9606-CH-00256

Court of Appeals

Carl E. Jordan, v. Tennessee Board of Paroles, et al.
01A01-9607-CH-00347
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

An inmate in the custody of the Department of Correction filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to challenge the Parole Board’s refusal to grant him parole. The Chancery Court dismissed the Petition for failure to comply with the time limitations for filing. We affirm the dismissal on the alternate ground of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Seffernick vs. St. Thomas Hospital
01A01-9606-CV-00282

Court of Appeals

01A01-9603-CH-00098
01A01-9603-CH-00098

Court of Appeals

01A01-9605-CH-00222
01A01-9605-CH-00222
Trial Court Judge: Billy Joe White

Fentress Court of Appeals

01A01-9607-CV-00334
01A01-9607-CV-00334
Trial Court Judge: Bobby H. Capers

Macon Court of Appeals

The Honorable Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr., Judge
01A01-9607-CV-00338
Trial Court Judge: Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

02A01-9507-CV-00156
02A01-9507-CV-00156
Trial Court Judge: Charles A. Sevier

Shelby Court of Appeals

03A01-9512-CH-00453
03A01-9512-CH-00453

Greene Court of Appeals

03A01-9606-CV-00181
03A01-9606-CV-00181

Washington Court of Appeals

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

Sullivan Court of Appeals

03C01-9604-CC-00156
03C01-9604-CC-00156

Hamblen Court of Appeals

03A01-9608-PB-00254
03A01-9608-PB-00254

Court of Appeals

Clyde Tull v. Paul Wilson
02A01-9601-CH-00020
Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Trial Court Judge: Judge Joe C. Morris

In this action the plaintiff sought extraordinary relief to prevent defendant from nterfering with plaintiff's use of a roadway, and for damages for past interference.

Court of Appeals

Michael Morat, Individually, and Morat's Insurance Agency, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
02A01-9412-CV-00270
Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Pickens Franks
Trial Court Judge: Judge Wyeth Chandler

In this action for malicious prosecution, the Trial Judge granted the defendant summary judgment, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Shelby Court of Appeals

Eastera Bell Porter, Individually and as Surviving Spouse and Next Friend of Jasper D. Porter, Deceased, v. Jess McGee, M.D. and Methodis Hospitals of Memphis, Inc., and Mahfuzur Rahman, M.D.
02A01-9509-CV-00204
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert A. Lanier

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion filed by Appellant, Eastera Bell Porter, individually and as surviving spouse and next friend of Jasper D. Porter, deceased, under Rule 60 T.R.C.P., to set aside the summary judgments entered in favor of the appellees, Jesse McGee, M.D. and Methodist Hospitals of Memphis (Methodist). After review of the record, we find an absence of abuse by the trial court in this regard and affirm. We set forth our reasons below.

Shelby Court of Appeals

James T. Morris, v. The Board of Education of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
01A01-9605-CH-00247
Authoring Judge: Judge Samuel L. Lewis
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

Defendant/appellant, the Board of Education of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools ("Board"), appeals from the judgment of the Chancery Court for Davidson County which held that
the Board could not use an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") to conduct a hearing on whether to dismiss plaintiff/appellee, James Morris, a non-tenured teacher in the Metro school system. The facts out of which this case arose are as follows.

Davidson Court of Appeals

Charles G. Key v. Edwin B. Raskin Company
01A01-9605-CH-00219
Authoring Judge: Judge Samuel L. Lewis

The appellant has filed a Petition to Rehear which we have considered and decline to grant. It is, therefore, ordered that the Petition to Rehear is overruled at the cost of the appellant.

Davidson Court of Appeals