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Jamie Hamilton vs. Gary Cook 02A01-9712-CV-00324 Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree	Obion	Court of Appeals	10/12/98
Randy Watkins vs. Vicki Watkins 02A01-9708-CH-00178 Trial Court Judge: Dewey C. Whitenton	Fayette	Court of Appeals	10/12/98
Jimmy Hawkins vs. Dennis Ellis 02A01-9708-CH-00203 Trial Court Judge: Dewey C. Whitenton	McNairy	Court of Appeals	10/12/98
Charles Garrison v. James Stamps M2001-02900-COA-R3-CV Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain Trial Court Judge: Robert P. Hamilton Charles Garrison and James C. Stamps were involved in an automobile accident on October 10, 1998 wherein Garrison was seriously injured. Stamps was uninsured, and Garrison was beneficiary of uninsured motorists coverage under policies of insurance issued to his parents. With no suit ever filed against Stamps, Garrison and his parents reached an agreement with the uninsured motorists carriers whereby the carriers paid the limits of their uninsured motorists coverage. Charles Garrison being a minor, a Petition for court approval of the settlement was filed naming Stamps as the defendant, and an Order was entered approving the settlement. Garrison then filed suit against Stamps, which suit was met with a Summary Judgment Motion by Stamps claiming that he was released from liability by the settlement Order. Garrison filed a Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 60.02 Motion seeking to have the settlement Order revised to reflect the true facts of the settlement. This Motion was granted, and Stamps appeals. We hold that Stamps is without standing to assert any rights under the settlement Order and, on this basis, affirm the judgment.	Wilson	Court of Appeals	10/10/98
Mathivathani Mohan vs. Rathnasabapathy Mohan - Concurring/Dissenting 01-A-01-9708-CV-00415 Authoring Judge: Judge Walter W. Bussart Trial Court Judge: Judge Marietta M. Shipley This is an appeal from the final divorce decree of Rathnasabapathy Mohan ("the Husband") and Mathivathani Mohan ("the Wife") which was entered by the lower court in December of 1996. The contested divorce action initiated by the Wife involved issues of custody, visitation, child support, alimony, classification and division of marital property, and apportionment of marital debt. This appeal by the Husband emanates from the fact the Husband was not present when the final hearing took place.	Davidson	Court of Appeals	10/09/98
Mathivathani Mohan v. Rathnasabapathy Mohan - Dissenting 01A01-9708-CV-00415 Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because I do not think the trial judge abused her discretion in denying the appellant’s motion for a new trial. The appellant’s motion does not set out what proof he would offer at a new trial and how that might change the result below. Therefore, I think the trial judge justifiably overruled the motion.		Court of Appeals	10/09/98
Max Norton and Long Outdoor Advertising, v. John McCaskill D/B/A City Sign Company 02A01-9712-CH-00325 Authoring Judge: Judge David V. Hayes Trial Court Judge: Judge Joe C. Morris This appeal involves a dispute over the duration of a lease. Defendant John A. McCaskill (McCaskill), doing business as City Sign Company (City Sign), appeals the Chancellor’s order granting partial summary judgment to plaintiffs Max Norton (Norton) and Long Outdoor Advertising (LOA).	Madison	Court of Appeals	10/07/98
ATS, Inc., v. James Curtis Kent and George V. Kenney, and Bill R. McLaughlin, Trustees for Union Planters National Bank, v. Keith M. Canfield, v. Mid-South Title Insurance Corp. 02A01-9802-CH-00038 Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer Trial Court Judge: Chancellor D. J. Alissandratos This appeal involves the enforcement of a judgment lien where, subsequent to the attachment of the judgment lien, the encumbered real property was sold to a buyer who simultaneously granted a purchase money mortgage to a financial institution.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	10/07/98
Karen Lynn Pilcher, and husband Keith A. Pilcher, v. A.L. Moneymaker, Jr., and wife, Roberta Moneymaker 03A01-9710-CV-00482 Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard Trial Court Judge: Judge James B. Scott, Jr. A. L. Moneymaker, Jr., and his wife Roberta Moneymaker appeal a judgment rendered by the Trial Court against them in the amount of $36,000 as a result of personal injuries sustained by Karen Lynn Pilcher and loss of consortium of her husband, Keith A. Pilcher. The suit arose as a result of a collision occurring on September 3, 1994, about 10:00 a.m., between a female dog named Spec, alleged to be owned by Mr. and Mrs. Moneymaker, and a bicycle being ridden by Mrs. Pilcher on Dutch Valley Road in Anderson County.	Anderson	Court of Appeals	10/02/98
Larry G. Relford, v. William DeRochie and Steve LaFon 03A01-9712-CV-00547 Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard Trial Court Judge: Judge Russell E. Simmons Larry G. Relford, an employee of William DeRochie, sued Mr. DeRochie and Steve LaFon, seeking damages for injuries received by him when he fell from a scaffold while framing a personal residence being erected for Mr. LaFon under a contract with Mr. DeRochie, the general contractor. As best we understand the complaint, it is grounded upon two theories-- first, that Mr. LaFon failed to provide a safe place for Mr. Relford to work and, second, that Mr. LaFon was, as contemplated by T.C.A. 50-6-111, a statutory employer and subject to the provisions of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Statute.	Loudon	Court of Appeals	10/02/98
Damon Alan Kratochvil a Minor by James L. Coone and Sonja Coone v. Danny Alan Kratochvil 03A01-9712-CH-00536 Authoring Judge: Judge Don T. McMurray Trial Court Judge: Chancellor R. Vann Owens In this adoption case, Danny Alan Kratochvil (respondent) appeals the trial court's order terminating his parental rights regarding his son, Damon Alan Kratochvil. The biological mother's parental rights were terminated by default judgment, and she is not a party to this appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.		Court of Appeals	10/02/98
Jeremy P. Crye, a Minor by his next friend and Mother, Beverly A. Rogers, and Beverly A. Rogers, Individually v. Lloyd C. Norton and Mary B. Norton 03A01-9804-CV-00142 Authoring Judge: Senior Judge William H. Inman Trial Court Judge: Judge Harold Wimberly The plaintiff, Jeremy P. Crye, seeks to impose liability on Mary B. Morton for the act of her son, Lloyd C. Norton, in shooting him. The trial judge granted her motion for summary judgment without enlargement. The plaintiff appeals, and presents for review the issue of whether the proof relevant to the motion established a genuine dispute of a material fact, thus requiring a merit trial.	Knox	Court of Appeals	10/02/98
Robbie Ann Stavely Hendrix v. Billy Gene Hendrix 02A01-9712-CH-00303 Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel P. Franks Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Joe C. Morris In this divorce action, the Trial Judge granted the wife a divorce, ordered the defenda nt to pay alimon y in the amou nt of $400.00 a mo nth, and ch ild support for one child in the amount of $750.00, and attorney’s fees for the wife in the amount of $1,634.67. He also ordered the husband to pay certain debts of the marriage. On appeal, the husband seeks a reversal of the decree for alimony, payment of the marital debts and attorney’s fees to the wife. He also seeks a reduction in the amount of child support awarded by the Trial Judge.	Madison	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Philip Rene Julian, v. Beverly Ann Julian 02A01-9709-CV-00229 Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Pickens Franks Trial Court Judge: Judge John R. McCarroll, Jr. In this divorce action, the husband has appealed, raising issues about the value and division of the marital property, as well as an award of attorney’s fees to the wife.	Shelby	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Hadjopoulos vs. Hadjopoulos 03A01-9801-CV-00037		Court of Appeals	09/30/98
First vs. Cheatham 03A01-9805-CV-00157		Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Miles vs. Nelson 03A01-9711-CH-00500	Jefferson	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Miles vs. Nelson 03A01-9711-CH-00500	Jefferson	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Miles vs. Nelson 03A01-9711-CH-00500		Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Sparks vs. Knoxville 03A01-9803-CV-00092		Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Knox Co. vs. Perceptics 03A01-9803-CH-00089	Knox	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Johnson vs. Johnson 01A01-9708-CH-00410 Trial Court Judge: Tom E. Gray	Sumner	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Rozanne F. Wright (Folk-Schmidt) vs. Jan H. Schmidt 01A01-9708-CV-00413		Court of Appeals	09/30/98
George vs. Harlan 01A01-9712-CV-00692 Trial Court Judge: James L. Weatherford	Maury	Court of Appeals	09/30/98
Brayfield, et. al. vs. Kentucky National Ins. Co. 01A01-9701-CV-00007 Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall	Sumner	Court of Appeals	09/30/98