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Brooks vs Brooks, Jr. 03A01-9801-CH-00008		Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Alexander vs Armentrout, Jr. 03A01-9807-CV-00205	Washington	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Spruce vs Spruce 03A01-9807-CV-00211	Knox	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Clark & Associates Architects, Inc. vs. Lewis 01A01-9802-CH-00088 Trial Court Judge: Carol A. Catalano	Montgomery	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Edmondson vs. Solomon 01A01-9802-CV-00097 Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Hampton vs. TN Truck Sales 01A01-9712-CH-00721 Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Sara Evelyn Evans (Young) v. Bobby Hugh Young, D.K. Hailey Wrecking Company, Inc. and Levy Industrial Contractors, Inc. 01A01-9711-CV-00638 Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer Trial Court Judge: Judge Muriel Robinson Intervenors D. K. Hailey WreckingCompany (Hailey Wrecking) and Levy Industrial Contractors, Inc. (Levy Industrial) appeal an order of the trial court requiring them to pay the attorney fees of Plaintiff Sara Evelyn Evans incurred in a proceeding to enforce a judgment obtained by Ms. Evans against Bobby Hugh Young. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/14/99
Palmer vs. So. Central Correctional Facility Disciplinary Bd. M1999-01611-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Holloway Petitioner, an incarcerated prisoner at South Central Correctional Facility, appeals the dismissal by the trial court of his petition for a writ of certiorari to review a disciplinary decision made by the Correctional Facility Disciplinary Board and approved by the Tennessee Department of Correction ("T.D.O.C."). The defendant filed a Rule 12.02(6), Tenn. R. Civ. P., motion asserting the failure of Petitioner to state a claim for which relief may be granted. The trial court sustained this motion to dismiss. We reverse.	Wayne	Court of Appeals	01/13/99
R & E Properties vs Jones 03A01-9804-CV-00133		Court of Appeals	01/13/99
Woods vs Walldorf 03A01-9803-CH-00085		Court of Appeals	01/13/99
Memphis Housing Auth. vs. Ramona Stewart 02a01-9803-CV-00087 Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Childers	Shelby	Court of Appeals	01/12/99
Bryant vs. McCord, et al 01A01-9801-CV-00046 Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/12/99
01A01-9805-CH-00258 01A01-9805-CH-00258 Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace	Dickson	Court of Appeals	01/12/99
01A01-9711-CV-00685 01A01-9711-CV-00685 Trial Court Judge: James E. Walton	Montgomery	Court of Appeals	01/11/99
Vernon W. Mauldin v. Tennessee Department of Correction 01A01-9801-CH-00014 Authoring Judge: Judge Patricia J. Cottrell Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr. This appeal involves a state prisoner's efforts to obtain judicial review of the length of his incarceration. The prisoner contends that he is entitled to the benefit of the 1989 Sentencing Reform Act’s lesser sentence for armed robbery rather than the sentence imposed upon him at the time of his conviction in 1985. He also contends he is entitled, as a matter of law, to certain sentence reduction credits. Finally, he contends that, taken together, the downward adjustments of his sentence on the basis of these two contentions would entitle him to be immediately released from custody. He filed a Petition for Declaratory Order with the Department of Correction, and the Department denied him relief. Thereafter, the prisoner filed a pro se "Petition for Judicial Review and/or Petition for a Declaratory Judgment and/or Petition for Common-law Writ of Certiorari" in the Chancery Court of Davidson County. The trial court granted the Department's motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12.02(6) of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. We affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's petition because it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/09/99
Larry Aubrey Henson, v. Elizabeth Ellen Sorrell - Concurring/Dissenting 02A01-9711-CV-00291 Authoring Judge: Judge Holly Kirby Lillard I write separately only to indicate disagreement with an inference that may be drawn from the majority opinion. The last sentence in the opinion states that a party such as Henson may recover damages immediately flowing from the wrongful conduct, as in Smith v. Gore, 728 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn. 1987). As noted in the majority opinion, the plaintiff mother in Smith was permitted to recover in a medical malpractice action for damages immediately related to pregnancy and childbirth.		Court of Appeals	01/08/99
Larry Aubrey Henson v. Elizabeth Ellen Sorrell - Concurring 02A01-9711-CV-00291 Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Highers Trial Court Judge: Judge James F. Russell This case involves allegations of promissory fraud, fraudulent concealment, breach of contract, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from a woman’s failure to inform her partner that she had stopped taking birth control pills, her subsequent 1In another appeal currently before this Court, Henson appeals the paternity ruling of the juvenile court and challenges the constitutionality of the Tennessee Paternity Statute. 2 pregnancy, and the birth of a child. The plaintiff, Larry Aubrey Henson (Henson), appeals the trial court’s judgment for the defendant, Elizabeth Sorrell (Sorrell), after a trial on the merits.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	01/08/99
Katherine Jewell Smith and Jimmie Lewis Smith v. Methodist Hospitals Memphis, Keith G. Anderson, M.D. and The Sutherland Clinic, Inc., F/K/A Cardiology Consultants of Memphis 02A01-9712-CV-00302 Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge W. Frank Crawford Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert L. Childers This interlocutory appeal involves an action by a setling tortfeasor for contribution from an alleged joint tortfeasor. Defendant/cross-plaintiff, Methodist Hospital of Memphis (Methodist), appeals from the order of the trial court dismissing its cross-complaint for contribution against defendant/cross-defendant, Keith G. Anderson, M.D. Apparently, Smith reluctantly included Anderson as a defendant and chose not to prosecute her claim against him. In a Motion in Limine filed April 18, 1997, Smith stated that she would not seek to produce expert testimony in her case against Anderson, and he agreed not to seek a directed verdict because of absence of expert proof.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	01/07/99
Sarah May (Childers) (Harrison) Anderson, v. William Travis Harrison, Sr. 02A01-9805-GS-00132 Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer Trial Court Judge: Judge Bob G. Gray Plaintiff Sarah May Anderson appeals the trial court’s order enforcing the final divorce decree which was previously entered by the court in December 1981. The trial court enforced the decree’s provision relative to the division of the parties’ former marital home by requiring Defendant/Appellee William Travis Harrison, Sr., to pay to the Plaintiff the sum of $12,084.36 for her interest in the property. The trial court enforced the decree’s provision requiring the Defendant to pay a reasonable amount of child support to the Plaintiff by ordering the Defendant to pay to the Plaintiff the sum of $2250 for nine months of child support; however, the court ruledthat all other claims for child support were barred by the ten-year statute of limitations applicable to actions on judgments and decrees. Based on our conclusion that both of these rulings were in error, we modify in part, affirm in part, and reverse in part the trial court’s judgment.	McNairy	Court of Appeals	01/07/99
Rita Jean Fisher, v. Lena Green and Gloria Smith 01A01-9708-CH-00389 Authoring Judge: Judge Holly Kirby Lillard Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle This is a nuisance action by one neighbor against another. The plaintiff alleged in her lawsuit that the defendant took action to cause flooding on the plaintiff’s property. The trial court found that the defendant had taken actions that resulted in flooding and enjoined further such actions, but found the evidence insufficient to award the plaintiff monetary damages for alleged damage to her home. The plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/07/99
Andrea D. Bryant v. Phillip Wright, Jr. - Concurring 01A01-9712-CV-00710 Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Highers Trial Court Judge: Judge Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr. Defendant Phillip Wright, Jr. (“Wright” or” Appellant”) appeals the judgment of the trial court which awarded Plaintiff Andrea D. Bryant (“Bryant” or “Appellee”) the sum of $9,919.80 for breach of contract.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/07/99
Mildred Johnson and Gary Johnson, v. Charles T. Cantrell and Patricia Cantrell 01A01-9712-CV-00690 Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer Trial Court Judge: Judge Barbara N. Haynes Plaintiffs Mildred and Gary Johnson appeal an order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants Charles T. and Patricia Cantrell. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the trial court’s ruling.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	01/07/99
Florence Howard v. Jimmie Howard 02A01-9608-CV-00175 Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer Trial Court Judge: Judge James E. Swearengen Defendant Jimmie Howard (Husband) appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to set aside the final divorce decree previously entered by the court. We affirm the trial court’s judgment based on our conclusion that the record contains insufficient evidence to support the Husband’s motion to set aside.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	01/05/99
Jean Dotson vs. Amanda Blake 02A01-9804-CV-00117 Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree	Weakley	Court of Appeals	12/31/98
Annaco Inc. vs. John Corbin 02A01-9804-CH-00111 Trial Court Judge: D. J. Alissandratos	Shelby	Court of Appeals	12/31/98