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State vs. Collier Harris

02C01-9612-CR-00447

Originating Judge:W. Fred Axley
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/15/98
Pam Fenner v. D.B.C. Enterprises, et al

02S01-9703-CV-00023
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 trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants for lack of jurisdiction and dismissed the cause with prejudice at the plaintiff's cost. We affirm the judgment of the trial court on the grounds that Tennessee does not have jurisdiction over this case under the provisions of TENN. CODE ANN. _ 5- 6-115, which governs extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law. The plaintiff contacted the defendant D.B.C. Enterprises' headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan by telephone in late August 1993 from Camden, Tennessee after she learned of the possibility of employment. She stated in her deposition that at the time she made the initial inquiry, the only contact that she and her husband had with Tennessee was their ongoing attempt to purchase real property. Plaintiff first spoke by telephone to the hiring agent for D.B.C., Pete Carroll, who told her that she would have to travel to Grand Rapids to finalize employment with the company. She was not hired during the course of this initial phone call. By the plaintiff's own admission, her employment was contingent upon passing a physical examination and completing entrance paperwork at the defendant's Grand Rapids headquarters. She was actually hired in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 1, 1993, after taking a physical examination, completing an interview and finalizing the formal paperwork. The affidavit of Victor Mainwaring, D.B.C. Enterprises Safety Director, states that no contract for hire was ever entered between D.B.C. and the plaintiff in Tennessee and that the plaintiff's employment was not principally localized in Tennessee. His affidavit further states that [D.B.C.] Enterprises does not run, operate, or own a terminal in Tennessee and that driver trip data sheets completed by the plaintiff and her husband indicate that at no time did the plaintiff deliver, pick up, load or unload anything in the State of Tennessee. Plaintiff alleges that on October 22, 1993, she was injured in Gallup, New Mexico while enroute from California carrying cargo for the defendant. Under Tennessee law, a court may assume jurisdiction of a workers' compensation action
Authoring Judge: Robert L. Childers, Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Julian P. Guinn
Benton County Workers Compensation Panel 01/15/98
State vs. Darel G. Bolin

03C01-9612-CR-00450

Originating Judge:Leon C. Burns, Jr.
Cumberland County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/15/98
State vs. Vincent Harris

02C01-9702-CR-00063
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/15/98
State vs. Pervis Payne

02C01-9703-CR-00131

Originating Judge:Bernie Weinman
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/15/98
City of Milan Hosp., et al vs. Rex Ferrell, et al

02A01-9703-CH-00068

Originating Judge:George R. Ellis
Gibson County Court of Appeals 01/15/98
Doris Hensley v. Liberty National Life Ins. Co.

02S01-9705-CH-00044
Authoring Judge: Cornelia A. Clark, Special Judge
Originating Judge:Hon. Dewey C. Whitenton,
Hardeman County Workers Compensation Panel 01/15/98
State vs. Alonzo Watson

01C01-9606-CC-00260
Montgomery County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/14/98
Donnie Benson vs. State

01C01-9708-CR-00324
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/14/98
Ogburn vs. Dept. of Corrections

01A01-9707-CH-00284

Originating Judge:William C. Koch
Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Irick vs. State

03C01-9608-CR-00304

Originating Judge:Ray L. Jenkins
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/14/98
State vs. James Fernandez

01C01-9609-CR-00394

Originating Judge:Ann Lacy Johns
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/14/98
IN RE: Estate of O'Neal

03A01-9706-CH-00214
Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Stinson vs. 138 Fifth Avenue South, et. al.

01A01-9702-CV-00060

Originating Judge:Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Emma Smith vs. Hubert Smith

02A01-9709-CV-00223

Originating Judge:Filed
Shelby County Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Billie Russell vs. Pakkala M.D.

02A01-9703-CV-00053

Originating Judge:Jon Kerry Blackwood
Hardeman County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/14/98
Harvell vs. Williams

01A01-9706-CH-00258

Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton
Maury County Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Ogburn vs. Dept. of Corrections

01A01-9707-CH-00284

Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 01/14/98
Billie Russell vs. Pakkala M.D.

02A01-9703-CV-00053

Originating Judge:Jon Kerry Blackwood
Hardeman County Court of Appeals 01/14/98
State vs. Donald Spicer

02C01-9610-CR-00369
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/98
01C01-9704-CR-00141

01C01-9704-CR-00141

Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/98
Graves vs. Grady's

03A01-9708-CV-00336
Court of Appeals 01/13/98
Of This Case Are Analogous To The Facts In State v. Hoyt, 928 S.W.2D 935 (Tenn.

02C01-9610-CR-00369Cecil

Originating Judge:Arthur T. Bennett
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/98
Deroyal vs. Johnson

03A01-9708-CH-00328
Claiborne County Court of Appeals 01/13/98
State vs. Danny Anderson

02C01-9707-CC-00241
Crockett County Court of Criminal Appeals 01/13/98