February 18, 2000 Volume 6 -- Number 026 What follows is the case style or name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion released eletronically today to TBALink. This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):   00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court 01 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Panel 00 New Document(s) or Proposed Rule(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court 00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Appeals 00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals 07 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Attorney General (PDF format) 00 New Judicial Ethics Opinion(s) 00 New Formal Ethics Opinion(s) from the Board of Professional Responsibility   There are three ways for TBALink members to get the full-text versions of these opinions from the Web: Do a key word search in the Search Link area of TBALink. This option will allow you to view and save a plain-text version of the opinion. Browse the Opinion List area of TBALink. This option will allow you to download the original version of the opinion. Click the URL at end of each Opinion paragraph below. This option will allow you to download the original document. Lucian T. Pera Editor-in-Chief, TBALink BRENDA KING VS. YASUDA FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY and CALSONIC YOROZU CORPORATION,INC. Court:TSC - Workers Comp Panel Attorneys: For Appellants: For Appellee: B. Timothy Pirtle William Joseph Butler McMinnville, Tennessee Frank D. Farrar Lafayette, Tennessee Judge: LEWIS First Paragraph: This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. S 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting of findings of fact and conclusions of law. Appellate review is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the findings of fact, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Tenn. Code Ann. S 50-6-225(e)(2) (Supp.1998). http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_WCP/king.wpd Constitutionality of Tenn. Code Ann. S 39-17-1305. Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-020 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP20.pdf Constitutionality of Public Chapter 128 Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-021 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP21.pdf Effect and Enforcement of Growth Plan Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-022 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP22.pdf Smyrna City Court: Disposition of Bond Forfeitures Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-023 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP23.pdf Franklin Special School District - Avoiding County Tax for Bonds for School Purposes Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-024 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP24.pdf Authority of McMinn County to Impose Host Fee on Privately Owned Landfill Inside the County Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-025 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP25.pdf Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) pre-employment requirements Date: February 15, 2000 Opinion Number: Opinion No. 00-026 http://www.tba.org/tba_files/AG/OP26.pdf PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL! Feel free to forward this Opinion Flash on to anyone you know of with an e-mail address. GET A FULL-TEXT COPY OF AN OPINION! See the intrsuctions at the beginning of this edition of Opinion Flash. JOIN TBALink! While Opinion Flash is a free service of the Tennessee Bar Association, you must be a subscriber to TBALink, the premier Web site for Tennessee attorneys, in order to access the full-text of the opinions or enjoy many other features of TBALink. TBA members may join TBALink for just $50 per year. To join, go to: http://www.tba.org/join.html/ SUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH! Would you like to receive the TBALink Opinion Flash free each day by e-mail? Anyone, whether a TBA member or not, is welcome to subscribe ... it's free! For the Plain Text Version: 1) Send an e-mail message to: Opinion-Flash@tba.org 2) In the SUBJECT of the message type: SUBSCRIBE 3) Leave the body of the message blank For the HTML Text Version: 1) Send an e-mail message to: Opinion-Flash@tba.org 2) In the SUBJECT of the message type: SUBSCRIBE HTML 3) Leave the body of the message blank UNSUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH? ... SURELY NOT! To STOP receiving TBALink Opinion-Flash: 1) Send an e-mail message to: Opinion-Flash@tba.org 2) In the SUBJECT of the message type: UNSUBSCRIBE 3) Leave the body of the message blank © Copyright 2000 Tennessee Bar Association