Opinions

01A01-9702-CH-00052
01A01-9702-CH-00052
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

Smith, et. al. vs. The Castner-Knott Dry Goods
01A01-9512-CV-00554
Trial Court Judge: William C. Koch

Price vs. TN. Civil Service Comm.
01A01-9508-CH-00336
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Profill Development vs. Dills, Comm
01A01-9607-CH-00326
Trial Court Judge: Robert S. Brandt

Lemm vs. Adams
01A01-9607-CH-00330
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Bondy vs. Martin
03A01-9609-JV-00310

Bondy vs. Martin
03A01-9609-JV-00310

William Newton vs. James Cox
02A01-9604-CH-00086

State vs. Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203

State vs. Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203

State vs. Skidmore
03C01-9502-CR-00039
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

State of Tennessee v. Nathan Allen Callahan
03C01-9507-CC-00203
Authoring Judge: David H. Welles, Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. R. Jerry Beck
This is an appeal as of right pursuant to Rule 3, Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Defendant, Nathan Allen Callahan, was convicted by a Sullivan County jury of one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder, respectively, for the shooting deaths of his mother and younger sister. The jury set punishment for the first-degree murder conviction at life imprisonment and fined the Defendant $47,. for the count of second- degree murder. The trial court ordered twenty-two years imprisonment on the conviction for second-degree murder to be served concurrently with the life sentence.

Carolyn Marie Drake v. David Carl Drake
03A01-9610-CV-00312
Authoring Judge: HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, J.
Trial Court Judge: HON. ROBERT M. SUMMITT
Petitioner and Respondent are sister and brother, and the Trial Court issued an order of protection in response2 to the petition filed, following an abbreviated trial. On appeal, respondent insists the Trial Court did not have jurisdiction pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated _36-3-61, et seq., or that the Court refused to permit respondent to present his evidence.

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State vs. Bobby Nash
01C01-9409-CR-00330
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Joseph Veres vs. State
01C01-9602-CC-00070

Jackie Childs vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00164

Roosevelt Smith vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00135

Kenny Covington vs. State
01C01-9604-CR-00149

State vs. William Posey
01C01-9605-CR-00214
Trial Court Judge: Thomas H. Shriver

State vs. Jeffery Rigney and Herman Hale
01C01-9605-CC-00212
Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

William Tollett vs. State
01C01-9605-CR-00180

Steve Bryant vs. State
01C01-9605-CR-00190

01C01-9612-CC-00521
01C01-9612-CC-00521

Johnson v. Goodwill
03S01-9610-CV-00101
Authoring Judge: Roger E. Thayer, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. James B. Scott, Jr.
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appeal has resulted from the action of the trial court in dismissing the employee's claim for benefits. The Circuit Judge found plaintiff had failed to establish her injury was caused by an accident which arose out of and in the course of her employment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence preponderates against the conclusion of the trial court. Plaintiff, Joy G. Johnson, testified on October 2, 1993, she stepped into a drainage hole while performing her work-related duties. She reported the incident to several management representatives and signed an accident report which indicated she did not receive any treatment for an injury. She did not miss any work and did not see a doctor until July 1994. Her family doctor then referred her to Dr. Gregory M. Mathien, an orthopedic surgeon. She saw Dr. Mathien on September 15, 1994, which was almost a year after the incident at work. In giving a history, she said she fell about a year earlier and had a second fall about eight months earlier. She never indicated either fall occurred at work. Dr. Mathien's testimony was by deposition and his diagnosis was a torn meniscus with secondary tendinitis. He said the articular cartilage lesion was not work-related but was due to the degenerative process. As to the torn meniscus, he testified causation was hard to say; she only told him she had pain about two and one-half months prior to seeing him, and he could not determine which fall caused the problem or if either event was the cause. Dr. Mathien performed surgery and continued to see her saying the result was not as good as expected. He did not assess any medical impairment as he had no reason to do so. The record indicates plaintiff incurred substantial medical expenses and all bills were submitted to her husband's medical insurance carrier. No medical expenses were ever submitted to defendant employer. She also admitted she never 2