03A01-9509-CH-00314
03A01-9509-CH-00314

03S01-9502-CV-00013
03S01-9502-CV-00013
Trial Court Judge: Roger E. Thayer

Joseph Carl Owens v. Truckstops of America, Truckstops of America, Inc. and B.P. America, Inc. v. B Michael Design, Inc. and Vitro Products, Inc.
01S01-9408-CV-00077
Authoring Judge: Justice Lyle Reid
Trial Court Judge: Judge Marietta M. Shipley

This interlocutory appeal presents for determination the principles of comparative fault applicable to the assessment of liability among joint tort feasors and the application of those principles to this transitional case, in which the cause of action accrued prior to the decision in McIntyre v. Balentine, 833 S.W.2d52 (Tenn. 1992). The decision of the Court of Appeals is modified and the case is remanded to the trial court.

Josie Gray, Administratrix of the Estate of Peggy M. Bush Deceased, v. Ford Motor Company and Springfield Surgery, P.C. and Sarjeet S. Kumar
01S01-9505-FD-00066
Authoring Judge: Justice Lyle Reid

Pursuant to Rule 23, Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Court has accepted for decision the following question of law certified by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals: Whether principles of comparative fault should apply in Tennessee medical malpractice actions so as to result in the apportionment of damages between the estate of a decedent who acted negligently in causing an initial injury and physician who negligently treated the decedent for that injury.

03A01-9508-CV-00252
03A01-9508-CV-00252

03A01-9508-CV-00256
03A01-9508-CV-00256

01C0l-9310-CC-00378
01C0l-9310-CC-00378
Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee

03C01-9310-CR-00181
03C01-9310-CR-00181

State vs. Willie Dockins
W1998-00354-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown

01C01-9503-CC-00051
01C01-9503-CC-00051

01C01-9505-CR-00147
01C01-9505-CR-00147
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

01C01-9506-CC-00171
01C01-9506-CC-00171
Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris

01C01-9505-CC-00142
01C01-9505-CC-00142

01C01-9503-CC-00099
01C01-9503-CC-00099
Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee

01C01-9503-CR-00061
01C01-9503-CR-00061

Jane Doe and Mother A., Jane Doe C and Father C., v. Coffee County Board of Education, Joe Brandon, Bobby Cummings, Nelson Johnson, Marianne Brandon
01A01-9506-CV-00252
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: Judge Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

This is a suit by two high school students and their parents seeking damages resulting from alleged assaults by a high school coach.

Penny Campbell, et al., v. Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al.
01A01-9507-CV-00321
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge Walter C. Kurtz

This appeal involves a constitutional challenge under the Tennessee Constitution to Tennessee's Homosexual Practices Act, T.C.A. § 39-13-510 (1991). On May 26, 1993, plaintiffs Penny Campbell, John Doe, Jane Doe, James Tallent, and Christopher Simien,1 filed a "Verified Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" in the Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee, against defendants Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee,2 Charles W. Burson, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, and Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General for Davidson County, each in his official capacity. The complaint, as amended, seeks a declaratory judgment pursuant to T.C.A. § 29-14-101, et seq., (1980) that the Homosexual Practices Act (HPA),acriminal law, violates plaintiffs' right to privacy under Article I, Sections 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 19, and 27 of the Tennessee Constitution and their right to equal protection of the laws under Article I, Section 8 of the Tennessee Constitution. Plaintiffs also seek to enjoin the enforcement of the HPA.

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X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

03C01-9505-CR-00147
03C01-9505-CR-00147

William B. Pevear and Rebecca Pevear v. Evans Hunt, Annie Irene Hunt and Metropolitan Government
01A01-9505-CH-00184
Authoring Judge: Judge Samuel L. Lewis
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor C. Allen High

This appeal involves a boundary line dispute between two neighbors. The Appellants, William and Rebecca Pevear, and the Appellees, Evans and Irene Hunt, own real estate which is separated by an alley which is owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
 

State, ex rel, Lorretta Head Overstreet v. Paul Daniel King - Concurring
01-A-01-9507-CH-00309
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Judge C. K. Smith

The only issue raised in this paternity action is whether there is any material evidence to support the jury's verdict that the appellant was the father of the child. We affirm.

A.J. Hall, Inc., v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company
01A01-9508-CH-00369
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Henry F. Todd
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor C. K. Smith

The plaintiff, A. J. Hall, Inc., has appealed from the summary dismissal of a part of its suit against the defendant, Federated Mutual Insurance Company. The Trial Court expressly directed the entry of final partial judgment as permitted by T.R.C.P. Rule 54.02.

01A01-9508-CH-00373
01A01-9508-CH-00373
Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace

01A01-9508-CH-00373
01A01-9508-CH-00373
Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace

The Travelers Insurance Company, v. Maudine Y. Lancaster Webb and Vicky Austin Lancaster
01A01-9508-CH-00379
Authoring Judge: Judge Samuel L. Lewis
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Robert S. Brandt

The Travelers Insurance Company ("Travelers") filed an interpleader in the Chancery Court for Davidson County. It alleged that both defendant/appellee, Maudine Y. Lancaster Webb ("Ms. Webb"), and defendant/appellant, Vicky Austin Lancaster ("Mrs. Lancaster"), claimed the proceeds of an insurance policy which covered the life of decedent, Charles S. Lancaster.