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Howard H. Vogel
Knoxville, Tennessee
Editor-in-Chief, TBALink

KELLY DEAN and LARA LYNN BRISCO v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Court:TCA

Attorneys:

J. Eddie Lauderback and Bradley E. Griffith, Johnson City, Tennessee,
for Appellant.

Jonathan R. Bunn, Gulf Shores, Alabama and David S. Bunn, Norfolk,
Virginia, for Appellee, Kelly Dean.

Mark D. Harris, Kingsport, Tennessee, for Appellee, Lara Lynn Brisco. 
                     
Judge: FRANKS

First Paragraph:

In this declaratory judgment action, the Trial Court held operation of
the company's vehicle by the wife of the employee was covered under
company's insurance policy.  On appeal, we affirm.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/deank.wpd

JACK HUTTER v. ROBERT M. COHEN, and JACK HUTTER v. H. ALLEN BRAY

Court:TCA

Attorneys:

Dail R. Cantrell, Clinton, Tennessee, for Appellant.

R. Franklin Norton and Geoffrey D. Kressin, Knoxville, Tennessee for
Appellees, Robert M. Cohen and H. Allen Bray.

Judge: FRANKS

First Paragraph:

In these actions charging legal malpractice, the Trial Court granted
summary judgment to defendants on the grounds that the defendants'
actions did not deviate from the standard of conduct required of them.
 We affirm.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/hutter_opn.wpd

JACK HUTTER v. ROBERT M. COHEN, and JACK HUTTER v. H. ALLEN BRAY

Court:TCA

SUSANO DISSENTING

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/hutter_dis.wpd

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAVAYA DEMOND LEE

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:

John Allen Brooks, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Lavaya
Demond Lee.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant
Attorney General; William H. Cox, District Attorney General; and
Rodney C. Strong, Assistant District Attorney General, for the
Appellee, State of Tennessee.                       

Judge: WITT

First Paragraph:

The defendant, Lavaya Demond Lee, appeals from his jury convictions of
premeditated first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, and
especially aggravated robbery in the Hamilton County Circuit Court. 
He received a life sentence for the merged murder conviction and a
consecutive 20- year sentence for especially aggravated robbery.  On
appeal, he complains of evidentiary errors, jury- instruction errors,
and error in imposing consecutive sentences.  We affirm the
convictions; however, we vacate the order imposing consecutive
sentencing and impose the 20-year sentence to run concurrently with
the life sentence.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/leelavayademond.wpd

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