Tennessee Estoppel Law
<h1> Brian C. Frelix v. State of Tennessee </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> This case is the second appeal related to Petitioner's post-conviction petition <br>... More...
$0 (06-07-2024 - TN)<h1> Brian C. Frelix v. State of Tennessee </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing from the Williamson County Circuit Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief related to his convictions for four counts of aggravated robbery, four counts of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated burglary, and one count of theft of property </font </c... More...
$0 (12-12-2023 - TN)Eric Thornton v. Dutch Naturals Processing, LLC and Shawn Ridley
This lawsuit involves a dispute over the sale of hemp.[2] On November 22, 2019, Plaintiff Eric Thornton and Defendant Dutch Naturals Processing, LLC ("DNPâ€) signed a Bill of Sale for the purchase and sale of fifty-percent of hemp biomass ("the hempâ€). A copy of the Bill of Sale is provided below:<br> <br> INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCT BILL OF SALE<br> <br> THIS BILL OF SALE... More...
$0 (08-16-2023 - TN)Timothy Wilson v. Tawana Wilson et al.
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Nashville, TN - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with bringing a lawsuit against his former wife for forging of his signature on a deed. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> </center><br> <br> In this appeal, we are called upon to apply the Tennessee Abusive Civil Action <br> Statutes, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 29-41-101 to -107, which w... More...
$0 (07-30-2022 - TN)WILSON BANK & TRUST ET AL. v. CONSOLIDATED UTILITY DISTRICT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY ET AL
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Nashville, TN - Real Estate lawyer represented appellants with seeking reformation and/or rescission of the 2011 deed conveying. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> This appeal stems from a dispute over a plot of land in Rutherford County, <br> Tennessee. Defendant Mid-Cumberland acquired a tract of land (the "Developmentâ�... More...
$0 (06-26-2022 - TN)Courtney B. Mathews v. State of Tennessee
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning post conviction relief in Tennessee? <br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> In June 1996, a Montgomery County jury convicted the Petitioner of four counts first-degree felony murder and one count of especially aggravated robbery. The Petitioner’s conv... More...
$0 (01-15-2020 - TN)DAVID R. SMITH v. THE TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD <table> <td>
Mr. Smith joined the Guard in 1993 as “a traditional guardsman.” In February 2002, he was selected for a full-time position in the Active Guard Reserve (“AGR”). Seven years later, in 2009, Mr. Smith applied for senior developmental education at the Naval War College in Washington, D.C., and he was accepted. The Guard required Mr. Smith to leave his full-time AGR position when he began a... More...
$0 (07-09-2018 - TN)Tracey E. George, et al. v. Tre Hargett, et al.
In November 2014, Tennessee voters approved an<br> amendment to the Tennessee Constitution making clear that the Constitution is not to be<br> construed as securing or protecting a right to abortion or requiring funding of an abortion.<br> Understandably, the amendment was a matter of no small controversy. In fact, more votes were<br> cast in favor of and opposition to the amendment than were cast... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - TN)Tracey E. George, et al. v. Tre Hargett
In November 2014, Tennessee voters approved an<br> amendment to the Tennessee Constitution making clear that the Constitution is not to be<br> construed as securing or protecting a right to abortion or requiring funding of an abortion.<br> Understandably, the amendment was a matter of no small controversy. In fact, more votes were<br> cast in favor of and opposition to the amendment than were cast... More...
$0 (01-16-2018 - TN)STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MATTHEW GLEN HOWELL <table> <td>
In April 2015, the Davidson County Grand Jury charged the defendant with one count each of resisting arrest and aggravated assault by causing the victim, Liela Avila, to fear bodily injury by use or display of a deadly weapon. The trial court conducted a jury trial in February 2016.<br> The State’s proof at trial showed that the victim moved to Nashville in early September of 2014 to pursue a c... More...
$0 (01-13-2018 - TN)<b>Charles T. Hartley v. State of Tennessee</b>
The petitioner was originally indicted for rape of a child, a Class A felony, in Anderson County, Tennessee on August 1, 2006. The petitioner was also indicted for <br> - 2 - <br> <br> rape of a child involving the same victim, but a separate incident in Roane County, Tennessee on June 18, 2007. On August 21, 2008, the petitioner entered an Alford or “best interest” plea to a reduced charge... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - TN)<b>State of Tennessee v. Kevin Dean Atkins</b> <b><h3>Case No - M2016-01636-CCA-R9-CD </b></h3
On January 21, 2014, the Defendant was indicted for driving under the influence (“DUI”) and DUI per se. See T.C.A. § 55-10-401(1), (2). On November 24, 2014, the -2- Defendant appeared before the trial court on the DUI charges and a violation of probation charge. Defense counsel announced that the Defendant agreed to waive the hearing on the violation of probation, serve ten days in ja... More...
$0 (11-05-2016 - TN)World Classic Productions, Inc. v. RFD-TV The Theater, LLC, et al.
World Classic Productions, Inc. (“WCP”) is a Tennessee corporation that represents a musical entertainment group known as “The Sons of Tennessee.” The musical group performs primarily on horseback. Defendant RFD-TV The Theater, LLC <br> (the “Theater”) owns and operates a musical venue in Branson, Missouri. On January 11, 2007, the Theater entered into an entertainment services agree... More...
$0 (03-19-2016 - TN)Jeffrey S. Whitaker v. State of Tennessee
On November 10, 1994, the Petitioner pled guilty to eight counts of child rape in the Roane County Criminal Court, and the State agreed to dismiss the remaining eighteen counts involving child rape and aggravated sexual battery. See State v. Jeff Whitaker, No. 03C01-9509-CC-00256, 1996 WL 600375, at *1-2 (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 15, 1996), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Feb. 8, 1999). The written plea a... More...
$0 (01-09-2016 - TN)Avery Place, LLC, et al v. Highways, Inc.
Plaintiffs Bettye Vaden and Avery Place, LLC (collectively ―Avery‖),2 who were developing a residential subdivision in Putnam County, entered into a contract with Highways, Inc. (―Highways‖), a road contractor, in September 2003 to pave the roads in the subdivision for the total cost of $46,000. The paving was to be done in two phases, the first being a layer of base and b... More...
$0 (12-12-2015 - TN)Akilah Louise Wofford, et al. v. M.J. Edwards & Sons Funeral Home Inc., et al.
Plaintiff/Appellee Akilah Wofford‘s father, L.C. Wofford, died on June 10, 2013 after suffering a heart attack in his yard. Ms. Wofford, who graduated from high school in 2008, was a college student at the time of her father‘s death. She was raised by her father. When her father passed away, her aunt assisted her with making the funeral arrangements. The family contacted Defendant/Appellant M.... More...
$0 (11-26-2015 - TN)Jeffrey R. Cooper v. Phillip Glasser
On June 24, 2010, Jeffrey Cooper filed a lawsuit against Phillip Glasser, Richard Glasser, and David Glasser ("the Glassersâ€) in the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Cooper alleged that the Glassers materially misrepresented certain facts to induce him to invest $500,000.00 in the Glassers' start-up movie-production company, Hi- Def Entertainment, LLC. Mr. Cooper sought... More...
$0 (11-26-2013 - TN)Norman Redwing v. Catholic Bishop for the Diocese of Memphis
The facts in this opinion are drawn from the allegations in the complaint. No trial has occurred. Neither party has presented evidence, and no facts have been found by a factfinder. Because this case comes to us as an appeal from a denial of a motion to dismiss, the applicable standard of review requires us to presume that the allegations in the complaint are true. Our decision to include in this ... More...
$0 (05-24-2012 - TN)Allstate Insurance Company v. Diana Lynn Tarrant
On June 17, 2005, Charles E. Leatherwood was allegedly injured when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country van ("the vanâ€) driven by Diana Lynn Tarrant. At the time of the accident, the van was leased from Huntington Bank and registered to Blue Ribbon Cleaning, Inc. ("Blue Ribbonâ€), a cleaning business operated and solely owned by Mrs. Tarrant and he... More...
$0 (03-26-2012 - TN)Earline Waddle v. Lorene B. Elrod
On January 29, 2007, Regent Investments 1, LLC ("Regentâ€) sued octogenarian Earline Waddle, and her niece, Lorene Elrod. According to the allegations 1 of the complaint, Regent contracted to purchase from Ms. Waddle approximately four acres of real property located at 2268 Prim Lane, in Rutherford County, Tennessee ("the Prim Lane propertyâ€), for $230,000. Regent paid Ms. Waddle $10,00... More...
$0 (04-24-2012 - TN)John Wesley Green v. Edna L. Green, et al.
Champs-Elysees, Inc. ("Champs-Elyseesâ€) began in 1983 in the living room of Edna Green,2 a former Nashville school teacher. Ever since its founding, Champs-Elysees has been a small, closely held business. The Green family and a small number of other persons have owned and operated the company. Edna Green's sons, John Wesley Green and Mark Green, and her daughterin- law, Dianne Green, who is ... More...
$0 (08-26-2009 - TN)Arthur Creech, et al v. Robert R. Addington, et al
This litigation has a long and complicated history. The eleven claimants (the "Plaintiffsâ€) include Arthur and Glenda Creech, Darlene Reinier, Vicki Sue Jacobs, Joann Wolfe, Claude and Deborah Hatfield, Wayne and Alice Martin, and Brent and Marvin Chitwood, Jr., the latter two of whom were doing business as Triad Partners.1 Years ago, each of the Plaintiffs invested in an illfated real estat... More...
$0 (03-20-2009 - TN)Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., et al v. Richard Epperson, et al
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., and Cracker Barrel Associates, LLC, (collectively "Plaintiffsâ€) own certain real property on Sidco Drive in Davidson County.2 Mr. Richard Epperson and Mr. Timothy Causey (collectively "Defendantsâ€) own real property that adjoins Plaintiffs' property. Both parcels have, since October 31, 1980, been subject to a Declaration of Reciprocal Rights and... More...
$0 (04-27-2009 - TN)Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., et al. v. Richard Epperson, et al.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., and Cracker Barrel Associates, LLC, (collectively "Plaintiffsâ€) own certain real property on Sidco Drive in Davidson County.2 Mr. Richard Epperson and Mr. Timothy Causey (collectively "Defendantsâ€) own real property that adjoins Plaintiffs' property. Both parcels have, since October 31, 1980, been subject to a Declaration of Reciprocal Rights and... More...
$0 (06-01-2009 - TN)Gregory Cobbinsn v. Tennessee Department of Transportation
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Tennessee Department of Transportation, in an action for race discrimination by plaintiff, Gregory Cobbins, pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. On appeal, Cobbins claims error in two evidentiary rulings by the district court: (1) the exclusion of an exhibit offered by plaintiff as hearsay due to the lack of an appropriate... More...
$0 (04-02-2009 - TN)Larry C. Lay v. Burley Stabilization Corporation
Plaintiffs and appellants Larry C. Lay, et al., fifty-five members of appellee Burley Stabilization Corporation ("BSCâ€) ("membersâ€), are tobacco producers who sold burley tobacco through the federal price support program in one or more of the 1982 through 2004 crop years. They appeal the district court's1 dismissal of their case without prejudice, seeking funds allegedly wrongfully bei... More...
$0 (02-12-2009 - TN)Candice R. Sulfridge; Adam T. Davis v. John Huff, Larry G. Moore, et al.
These consolidated actions, for injury and damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arise from a shooting incident initiated by Defendant-Appellant John Huff ("Officer Huff†or "Huffâ€) on April 4, 2005. Plaintiffs-Appellees Candice R. Sulfridge and Adam T. Davis (collectively, "Plaintiffsâ€) claim that Officer Huff used excessive force in violation of their rights under the Fourth, Fift... More...
$0 (02-09-2009 - TN)James Kimberlin v. Renasant Bank
James Kimberlin filed suit in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, alleging various causes of action arising out of his employment. Renasant Bank removed the action and filed a motion to compel arbitration and stay the case, asserting that Kimberlin should be forced to engage in arbitration because he agreed to do so in a Dual Employment Contract he signed. Kimberlin resisted, arguing th... More...
$0 (09-25-2008 - TN)Royal D. Cline v. BWXTY-12, LLC
Royal Cline challenges a decision rejecting his state-law, age discrimination claims as a matter of law. One of Cline's claims is barred by the statute of limitations, and another claim fails because the company offered a nondiscriminatory, non-pretextual reason for its decision. But a third claim, based on retaliation, deserves further consideration because a reasonable jury could infer that ... More...
$0 (04-01-2008 - TN)Bennie Joe Poteet v. Polk County, Tennessee
This appeal is but one part of a much larger case in which Plaintiff Bennie Poteet entered the Polk County, Tennessee jail on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, but emerged from the Cleveland Community Hospital several days later having suffered a stroke that left him permanently paralyzed.1 The underlying factual background in this case takes second chair to the facts surroun... More...
$0 (03-17-2008 - TN)Bennie Joe Poteet, II v. Polk County, Tennessee, et al.
This appeal is but one part of a much larger case in which Plaintiff Bennie Poteet entered the Polk County, Tennessee jail on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, but emerged from the Cleveland Community Hospital several days later having suffered a stroke that left him permanently paralyzed.1 The underlying factual background in this case takes second chair to the facts surroun... More...
$0 (03-17-2008 - TN)George W. Stevenson, etc. v. J.C. Bradford & Company, et al.
<P> In this opinion we address two separate appeals from judgments of the district court in an adversary proceeding commenced in the bankruptcy of William Dunlap Cannon III. In the first (No. 00-5624), George W. Stevenson in his capacity as trustee of the estate in bankruptcy sought to avoid certain fraudulent transfers pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 548 (the "core proceeding"). See generally S... More...
$0 (01-18-2002 - TN)<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0152p.06" target="_new">Baptist Physician Hospital Organization, Inc. and Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee v. Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.</a>
<P> In this diversity contract action governed by the substantive law of Tennessee, Baptist alleges that Humana, a private government contractor administering the managed healthcare program in Regions 3 and 4 for the Department of Defense, underpaid Baptist for eighty-five separate claims for a total underpayment of over $1.3 million. The Humana Baptist contract defines a reimbursement scheme that... More...
$0 (05-26-2004 - TN)<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=03a0098p.06" target="_new">Viengsamon Pharakhone v. Nissan North America, Inc., and Rodney Baggett</a>
<P>This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment to the defendants on a claim that the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. ("FMLA"), was violated when the plaintiff was discharged upon his return from FMLA leave. The plaintiff argues that there are genuine issues of material fact that should have precluded the entry of summary judgment. Concluding that the factual... More...
$0 (04-03-2003 - TN)<a href="http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinions/994069.pdf" target="_new">Harry T. Kardel and Marilene Kardel v. Fox River Tractor Company, et al.</a>
Harry Kradel was injured in 1994 while operating a forage harvester. He and his wife, Marilene Kradel, filed this product liability suit in Pennsylvania state court in 1996, naming, inter alia, the original manufacturer and its corporate successors, Piper Industries, Inc. ("Piper") and the Hiniker Company ("Hiniker"), as defendants. The case was removed to the United States Distr... More...
$0 (10-25-2002 - TN)<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=02a0159p.06" target="_new">Terrell Diamond v. Steven Howd</a>
Plaintiff, Terrell Diamond, appeals (1) the district court's admission into evidence of an audiotape of her telephone conversation with a police dispatcher and (2) the district court's directed verdict in favor of defendant, Officer Steven Howd, on Diamond's false arrest claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We AFFIRM the district court's decision to admit the audiotape into evidence, REVERSE its judgmen... More...
$0 (05-07-2002 - TN)Jenkins Subway, Inc. and Rose Jenkins v. Lynn Jones
Rose Jenkins, the widow of Ed Jenkins, an investor in Subway sandwich shop franchises, sued Lynn Jones, a manager for Subway. The action alleged breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty and sought an accounting from Jones of the benefits received from one of the franchises, a return of benefits, damages, and other relief. Jones filed an answer in which he asserted the defense of promissor... More...
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