Opinions

Donald E. Griffin v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company
M1997-00042-SC-R11-CV
Authoring Judge: Justice Frank F. Drowota, III
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Carol L. McCoy

The appellant, Donald E. Griffin, brought suit seeking damages for injuries he sustained when his vehicle was struck from the rear in Maury County by a car driven by Richard Vaughn. After obtaining a judgment against Vaughn in the amount of $225,000, Griffin learned that Vaughn had only $50,000 of liability insurance coverage. Griffin then requested that his uninsured motorist carrier, the appellee Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (“Shelter”), pay the remainder of the judgment up to its policy limit of $100,000. When Shelter refused the claim, Griffin brought this action against Shelter in the Chancery Court for Davidson County. The Chancellor granted summary judgment to Shelter, finding that Griffin had failed to comply with the notice provisions of the insurance policy and with the service provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-1206(a). The Court of Appeals agreed that Griffin had failed to comply with the service provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-1206(a) and thus affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Shelter. This Court thereafter granted Griffin’s application for permission to appeal. Tenn. R. App. P. 11 Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court; Judgment of the Court of Appeals Affirmed DROWOTA, J.,

Lewis vs. Caputo
E1999-01182-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: W. Frank Brown, III

Karen Mundy vs. James Mundy
E1999-02697-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: John B. Hagler, Jr.

Penny Sue Mincy v. Charles David Mincy, Sr.
E1999-02304-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: William R. Brewer

Brown vs. Bd. of Professional Responsibility
E1999-02636-SC-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Howell N. Peoples

Groner vs. On-Site Grading
E1999-00219-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Howell N. Peoples

State of Tennessee v. Donald Curtis Reid
01C01-9903-CR-00077
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

State vs. Larry Brumit
M1999-00154-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.

Trebing vs. Fleming Companies
M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Barbara N. Haynes

Trebing vs. Fleming Companies
M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Barbara N. Haynes

Rocky Lee Coker vs. TN Dept. of Correction
M1999-02268-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy
An inmate in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction filed a petition for a declaratory judgment, claiming that his sentence reduction credits had been improperly calculated and that his "safety valve" release date had been wrongly cancelled. The trial court granted the state's motion for summary judgment and the petitioner appeals. We affirm.

Beaman Pontiac vs. Gill
M1999-00666-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Soloman

State vs. Robert Bassett Brown
M1999-00867-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

State vs. Samuel D. Land
M1999-01023-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Timothy L. Easter

Clifford Taylor vs. State, et al
M1999-02418-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.

Jabari Mandela vs. Jim Rose, et al
M1999-02552-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Stella L. Hargrove
The trial court summarily dismissed the plaintiff pro se prisoner's complaint for lack of jurisdiction before service of process was had or response filed. Based on the record before us, we reverse.

State vs. Teddrick Williamson
W1999-00055-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

Bank of Gleason vs. Weakley Farmers
W1999-02161-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree

State vs. James Carroll
W1999-01741-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley

State vs. Halley Thompson
W2000-00315-CCA-RM-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

State vs. Elizabeth Mullins
E1999-01343-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.

State vs. Jerry Ray Chandler
M1999-00543-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark

State vs. Jason C. Carter, et al
M1998-00798-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

State vs. David C. Vazquez
M1999-00211-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree

Joe Dyer vs. Bd. of Paroles
M1999-00787-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Joe P. Dyer, a prison inmate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a writ of common law certiorari to review denial of parole. The trial court granted the respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment and we affirm the action of the trial court.