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Edmondson vs. Solomon

01A01-9802-CV-00097

Originating Judge:Walter C. Kurtz
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/14/99
Clark & Associates Architects, Inc. vs. Lewis

01A01-9802-CH-00088

Originating Judge:Carol A. Catalano
Montgomery County Court of Appeals 01/14/99
Sara Evelyn Evans (Young) v. Bobby Hugh Young, D.K. Hailey Wrecking Company, Inc. and Levy Industrial Contractors, Inc.

01A01-9711-CV-00638

Intervenors D. K. Hailey WreckingCompany (Hailey Wrecking) and Levy Industrial Contractors, Inc. (Levy Industrial) appeal an order of the trial court requiring them to pay the attorney fees of Plaintiff Sara Evelyn Evans incurred in a proceeding to enforce a judgment obtained by Ms. Evans against Bobby Hugh Young. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Originating Judge:Judge Muriel Robinson
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/14/99
Palmer vs. So. Central Correctional Facility Disciplinary Bd.

M1999-01611-COA-R3-CV
Petitioner, an incarcerated prisoner at South Central Correctional Facility, appeals the dismissal by the trial court of his petition for a writ of certiorari to review a disciplinary decision made by the Correctional Facility Disciplinary Board and approved by the Tennessee Department of Correction ("T.D.O.C."). The defendant filed a Rule 12.02(6), Tenn. R. Civ. P., motion asserting the failure of Petitioner to state a claim for which relief may be granted. The trial court sustained this motion to dismiss. We reverse.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Robert L. Holloway
Wayne County Court of Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Roy Keough

02C01-9708-CR-00317
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Grace Matthews

02C01-9801-CR-00013
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/99
R & E Properties vs Jones

03A01-9804-CV-00133
Court of Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Howard Epps

02C01-9710-CR-00410
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/99
Woods vs Walldorf

03A01-9803-CH-00085
Court of Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Aaron Carroll

02C01-9805-CR-00140

Originating Judge:Bernie Weinman
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Connie Wilson

02C01-9706-CC-00217
Madison County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/99
State vs. Pamela Scuderi

01C01-9803-CC-00135

Originating Judge:James K. Clayton, Jr.
Rutherford County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/12/99
Memphis Housing Auth. vs. Ramona Stewart

02a01-9803-CV-00087

Originating Judge:Robert L. Childers
Shelby County Court of Appeals 01/12/99
State vs. Christopher Bengston

E1999-01190-CCA-R3-CD
The defendant, Christopher Bengtson, was convicted by a McMinn County jury of three counts of reckless endangerment committed with a deadly weapon, a Class E felony. In this appeal as of right, the defendant raises two issues: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to support the verdict; and (2) whether the trial court erred in failing to merge the three counts into one. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law for the jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of felony reckless endangerment. We agree with the defendant and the State that the three counts constituted a single course of conduct and should have been merged into one. We therefore affirm the felony reckless endangerment conviction for count one of the indictment but vacate the convictions for counts two and three.
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:R. Steven Bebb
McMinn County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/12/99
George French vs. State, Ricky Bell, Warden

01C01-9801-CR-00022

Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/12/99
01A01-9805-CH-00258

01A01-9805-CH-00258

Originating Judge:Allen W. Wallace
Dickson County Court of Appeals 01/12/99
Bryant vs. McCord, et al

01A01-9801-CV-00046

Originating Judge:Walter C. Kurtz
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/12/99
Seals vs. England/Corsair Upholstery Mfg Co., Inc. and 2nd Injury Fund

03S01-9704-CH-00044
Supreme Court 01/11/99
01A01-9711-CV-00685

01A01-9711-CV-00685

Originating Judge:James E. Walton
Montgomery County Court of Appeals 01/11/99
Seals vs. England/Corsair Upholstery Mfg Co., Inc. and 2nd Injury Fund

03S01-9704-CH-00044
Claiborne County Supreme Court 01/11/99
Vernon W. Mauldin v. Tennessee Department of Correction

01A01-9801-CH-00014

This appeal involves a state prisoner's efforts to obtain judicial review of the length of his incarceration. The prisoner contends that he is entitled to the benefit of the 1989 Sentencing Reform Act’s lesser sentence for armed robbery rather than the sentence imposed upon him at the time of his conviction in 1985. He also contends he is entitled, as a matter of law, to certain sentence reduction credits. Finally, he contends that, taken together, the downward adjustments of his sentence on the basis of these two contentions would entitle him to be immediately released from custody. He filed a Petition for Declaratory Order with the Department of Correction, and the Department denied him relief. Thereafter, the prisoner filed a pro se "Petition for Judicial Review and/or Petition for a Declaratory Judgment and/or Petition for Common-law Writ of Certiorari" in the Chancery Court of Davidson County. The trial court granted the Department's motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12.02(6) of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. We affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's petition because it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Authoring Judge: Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/09/99
Larry Aubrey Henson v. Elizabeth Ellen Sorrell - Concurring

02A01-9711-CV-00291

This case involves allegations of promissory fraud, fraudulent concealment, breach of contract, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from a woman’s failure to inform her partner that she had stopped taking birth control pills, her subsequent 1In another appeal currently before this Court, Henson appeals the paternity ruling of the juvenile court and challenges the constitutionality of the Tennessee Paternity Statute. 2 pregnancy, and the birth of a child. The plaintiff, Larry Aubrey Henson (Henson), appeals the trial court’s judgment for the defendant, Elizabeth Sorrell (Sorrell), after a trial on the merits.

Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:Judge James F. Russell
Shelby County Court of Appeals 01/08/99
Larry Aubrey Henson, v. Elizabeth Ellen Sorrell - Concurring/Dissenting

02A01-9711-CV-00291

I write separately only to indicate disagreement with an inference that may be drawn from the majority opinion. The last sentence in the opinion states that a party such as Henson may recover damages immediately flowing from the wrongful conduct, as in Smith v. Gore, 728 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn. 1987). As noted in the majority opinion, the plaintiff mother in Smith was permitted to recover in a medical malpractice action for damages immediately related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Authoring Judge: Judge Holly Kirby Lillard
Court of Appeals 01/08/99
State of Tennessee vs. Craig Bryant

02C01-9707-CR-00286

The Defendant, Craig Bryant, appeals as of right from a Shelby County jury verdict convicting him of aggravated assault and attempted second degree murder. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I standard offender to consecutive sentences of three years for aggravated assault and ten years for attempted second degree murder. The Defendant now appeals pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. W e affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:Judge Arthur T. Bennett
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/08/99
Mildred Johnson and Gary Johnson, v. Charles T. Cantrell and Patricia Cantrell

01A01-9712-CV-00690

Plaintiffs Mildred and Gary Johnson appeal an order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants Charles T. and Patricia Cantrell. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the trial court’s ruling.

Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Originating Judge:Judge Barbara N. Haynes
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/07/99