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

State vs. William Mack Gross
E2000-00039-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

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.

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.

State vs. Gerald Lovelace
01C01-9708-CC-00338
Trial Court Judge: Robert W. Wedemeyer

State vs. Gerald Lovelace
01C01-9708-CC-00338
Trial Court Judge: Cheryl A. Blackburn

State vs. Michael Taylor
01C01-9708-CR-00367
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

State vs. Aaron Cooper
01C01-9708-CR-00368
Trial Court Judge: Thomas H. Shriver

Juan Walker vs. State
01C01-9708-CR-00371
Trial Court Judge: Thomas H. Shriver

01C01-9709-CC-00414
01C01-9709-CC-00414

Carl Jordan vs. State
01C01-9711-CR-00528

01C01-9701-CC-00549
01C01-9701-CC-00549
Trial Court Judge: John H. Gasaway, III

State vs. Jerry Huskins
01C01-9707-CR-00253
Trial Court Judge: John A. Turnbull

State vs. Helen Cumberbatch
E2000-00047-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Rebecca J. Stern
The Defendant appeals as of right from the trial court's revocation of her community corrections sentence. She argues that the trial court erred in revoking her community corrections sentence based on unreliable, undocumented hearsay evidence that she had failed a drug screen. The State asserts that the Defendant has waived appellate review of the admission of the hearsay evidence because she failed to object at the hearing. We hold that the trial judge properly considered the hearsay evidence, and she did not abuse her discretion in revoking community corrections because the evidence was sufficient to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the Defendant had violated the conditions of community corrections by using cocaine. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court revoking the Defendant's community corrections sentence.

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

State vs. Starling Jean Hiner
01C01-9707-CC-00262
Trial Court Judge: John W. Rollins

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.

State of Tennessee v. William Timothy Teal
M1999-02580-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge L. Terry Lafferty
Trial Court Judge: John W. Rollins

State vs. Dennis Keith and Timothy Collins
02S01-9604-CC-00035

Ruff vs. State
03S01-9711-CC-00140

State vs. Clarence C. Nesbit
02S01-9705-CR-00043

State vs. Dennis Keith and Timothy Collins
02S01-9604-CC-00035

State vs. Clarence C. Nesbit
02S01-9705-CR-00043
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

Angela N. Bilbrey v. American Nat'L. Bank & Trust Co.
03S01-9708-CH-00092
Authoring Judge: Joe C. Loser, Jr., Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Howell N. Peoples,
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. section 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant contends the evidence preponderates against the chancellor's findings that the employee's permanent mental and physical injuries arose out of and in the course of her employment. As discussed below, the panel has concluded the judgment should be affirmed. At the time of the trial, the employee or claimant, Angela Bilbrey, was fifty years old. She has a high school education and attended a business school for two years. She has served in the United States Navy, where she received some technical training. She has worked for American National Bank, now SunTrust, since 1979 as a collector or account adjuster. In April of 1987, she went to Sierra-Tuscon, an alcohol and drug dependency center, where she was treated for emotional problems related to her family situation and her difficulty coping with them. There is some history of mental dysfunction in her family and there is evidence she was mistreated by her mother and that her former husband is a recovering alcoholic. She told a psychologist at Sierra- Tuscon she wanted "to know why I am unhappy a lot." She worked on the third floor of her employer's building. On June 29, 1993, she and another employee entered an elevator on the third floor to go to the lobby floor. The elevator fell from the third floor to some distance below the lobby floor, before stopping suddenly. She remained "stuck" in the elevator for approximately half an hour until she could be removed by other persons. Following the injury, she complained of shoulder pain and, after receiving emergency care at East Ridge Hospital, she was referred by the employer to Dr. George Seiters, a licensed and board certified orthopedic surgeon practicing in Chattanooga. Dr. Seiters diagnosed a cervical sprain, left rotator cuff tendinitis with mild impingement syndrome and possible bursitis in the left shoulder, all of which he treated conservatively. When her shoulder pain and loss of motion persisted, he injected her shoulder with six milligrams of cortisone on October 2