When Nashville Mayor Karl Dean created the Green Ribbon Committee on Environmental Sustainability, he had lofty goals of making Nashville the greenest city in the Southeast. Indeed, Tennessee’s Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey shared a similar commitment to be a green "LEEDer" in the South.
Fast forward to January 2010 … Where are we on
Is it too late to discuss a case from 2009? Nah. Especially if the court released the opinion within the past two months. And according to the decision in Shelby County v. Crews (pdf), there are times when it may be too late to withdraw a condemnation petition. That line in the sand appears to be the date after
Back in November, I wrote about a Tennessee Attorney General Opinion that addressed the new workers’ compensation law in Tennessee that requires sole proprietors to carry workers’ compensation insurance on themselves. (Traditionally, there was an exclusion for sole proprietors.) Just after release of the AG-Opinion, the leadership in the state house and senate came to an agreement to
Every construction litigator in the residential arena knows that a state’s consumer protection laws are good grounds for disputes. Will my client get treble damages? Will they recover attorney fees for deceptive trade practices? Does my client have any defenses to these types of claims?
In Fayne v. Vincent (pdf), the Supreme Court of Tennessee
I recently read in the Nashville Bar Journal about a new change to the hearsay rules. This is what immediately came to mind. On any given day, I receive a call from my lovely wife about one of my five children who has been put on the witness stand for interrogation by my wife. 
The defendant
As reported by the Tennessee Bar Association, the 2010 Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition got underway yesterday with the release and publication of the mock problem. 
The case involves a dispute over the design and construction of a 400,000 square foot distribution center featuring a concrete slab-on-grade floor. The primary issue in
Following on my earlier post … nevermind. Leadership of the Tennessee House and Senate recently reached a bipartisan agreement to immediately introduce legislation in January 2010 to suspend the effective date of Public Chapter 1041 from January 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011. As reported last week, the new law was enacted to require a sole proprietor
I love seeing a case zig zag through the appellate process … and I especially enjoy reading one where intermediate appellate court reverses the trial court and the highest court then reverses that intermediate appellate court. I know, I’m sick.
In a decision released yesterday, Goff v. Elmo Greer & Sons Construction Company, the Supreme Court of Tennessee reversed
Over the past two months, I have received a few inquiries from small business owners about an amendment to Tennessee’s workers’ compensation laws. The primary question is whether the new law, which takes effect on December 31, 2009, will require a sole proprietor to carry workers’ comp insurance on himself? (Traditionally, there was an exclusion for sole
For all my Nashville and Middle-Tennessee friends, I want to take a moment to highlight two upcoming conferences. Although the programs are geared towards construction lawyers, don’t shy away if you did not get a “shark degree” from Build ‘Em Big University … Each conference offers a little different glimpse depending on your career path.