Opinion Flash

September 10, 2004
Volume 10 — Number 175

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Editor-in-Chief, TBALink

OPAL J. BROCK v. MEIGS COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Court:TCA

Attorneys:                          

W. Holt Smith, Madisonville, Tennessee, and Randy G. Rogers, Athens,
Tennessee, for Appellants.

Michael E.. Evans and Terri L. Bernal, Nashville, Tennessee, for
Appellee.

Judge: FRANKS

First Paragraph:

Plaintiff sustained injuries from a fall in the court house and sued
the County for maintaining a dangerous stairway.  Following trial, the
Court entered a Judgment for defendant. We affirm.

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

WENDY KING (GRAHAM) v. TIMOTHY KING

Court:TCA

Attorneys:                          

Clark Lee Shaw, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Wendy King
Graham.

Keith s. Smartt, McMinnville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Timothy
King.

Judge: FARMER

First Paragraph:

The trial court denied Mother's petition to change custody of the
parties' minor children from Father to Mother.  We affirm.

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

TINA MARIE WENINGER v. JERRY CRAIG WENINGER

Court:TCA

Attorneys:                          

Markley Runyon Gill, Erin, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jerry Craig
Weninger.

Larry B. Watson, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Tina Marie
Weninger.

Judge: FARMER

First Paragraph:

This appeal arises from a divorce action.  The trial court awarded
primary residential custody to mother and standard visitation to
father.  We affirm.

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

JAMES BELL, JR. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:                          

James Bell, Jr., N.W.C.X., Tiptonville, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, and Jennifer L.
Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of
Tennessee.

Judge: GLENN

First Paragraph:

The petitioner, James Bell, Jr., entered pleas of guilty to a number
of offenses in the Shelby County Criminal Court in 1997 and 2000, and
subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Lake
County Circuit Court, asserting that his convictions were void and his
sentences illegal.  The court denied the petition without a hearing,
and this appeal followed.  We affirm the denial of the petition, but
remand to the Shelby County Criminal Court for a hearing to identify
what disposition was intended as to each of the indictments and entry
of corrected judgments to reflect those determinations.

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

MEMPHIS BONDING COMPANY v. WILLIE JAMES BASSETT

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:                          

Michael J. Gatlin, Memphis Tennessee, for the appellant, Memphis
Bonding Company.

Willie James Bassett, pro se, appellee.

Judge: WADE

First Paragraph:

The appellant, Memphis Bonding Company, appeals the trial court's
order requiring a partial refund to the defendant, Willie James
Bassett.  Because the governing statute does not permit a refund under
the circumstances of this case, the judgment of the trial court is
reversed.

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

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