COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

Knox Co. vs. Perceptics
03A01-9803-CH-00089

Sparks vs. Knoxville
03A01-9803-CV-00092

Miles vs. Nelson
03A01-9711-CH-00500

Miles vs. Nelson
03A01-9711-CH-00500

Miles vs. Nelson
03A01-9711-CH-00500

First vs. Cheatham
03A01-9805-CV-00157

Brown vs. McMullin, et. al.
01A01-9710-CH-00561
Trial Court Judge: Henry F. Todd

Johnson vs. Johnson
01A01-9708-CH-00410
Trial Court Judge: Tom E. Gray

Rozanne F. Wright (Folk-Schmidt) vs. Jan H. Schmidt
01A01-9708-CV-00413

George vs. Harlan
01A01-9712-CV-00692
Trial Court Judge: James L. Weatherford

Brayfield, et. al. vs. Kentucky National Ins. Co.
01A01-9701-CV-00007
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Chester Kelly vs. Jerry Wooten
02A01-9712-CV-00305
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

Charlotte Thompson vs. Ralph Coulter
02A01-9708-CV-00200
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Corporate Catering, Inc. vs. Corporate Catering, Etc., LLC, et al
M1997-00230-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz
This appeal involves a dispute over the use of a defunct catering business's trade name and menu. The owner of the catering business filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County seeking damages for conversion, breach of common-law copyright, and infringement of its business trade name and the distinctive names of its menu items. The trial court granted the defendants' motions for directed verdict regarding the conversion and the common-law copyright claims. After the jury returned a $12,500 verdict on the infringement of the trade name claim, the trial court granted the defendants' motion for a judgment in accordance with their motion for a directed verdict. In the alternative, the trial court, acting as thirteenth juror, set the verdict aside and granted a new trial. On this appeal, the defunct catering business asserts that the trial court erred by dismissing its claims for conversion and breach of common-law copyright. It also asserts that the trial court erred by failing to enter a judgment on the jury's verdict on the trade name claim. We have determined that the trial court decisions are supported by the law, and therefore, we affirm.

Arthur Blair vs. Marilyn Badenhope
E1999-02748-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David Michael Swiney
Trial Court Judge: Thomas R. Frierson, II

Metric Partners Growth Suite Investors vs. Nashville Lodging
01A01-9712-CH-00723
Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Brandt

Dorothy Lewis vs. Julie Donoho
02A01-9708-CV-00201
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Crye-Leike Realtors vs. WDM
02A01-9711-CH-00287
Trial Court Judge: D. J. Alissandratos

03A01-9708-CH-00431
03A01-9708-CH-00431

Baumgardner & wife vs. ACD Tridon North America
01A01-9806-CV-00307
Trial Court Judge: Robert E. Corlew, III

State., ex. rel. Peggy Richardson vs. Richardson
01A01-9706-CV-00274
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

Wilson vs. Mcwherter
01A01-9706-CV-00266

Inr re: Banks Dewey Thompson
01A01-9801-CH-00044
Trial Court Judge: Jeffrey F. Stewart

DHS vs. Rudd
01A01-9712-JV-00745
Trial Court Judge: Andrew J. Shookhoff

Hall vs. Pippin & Delaney
01A01-9609-CH-00439
Trial Court Judge: Vernon Neal