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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

This appeal involves a 1997 divorce judgment that awarded the wife a percentage of the husband’s federal retirement annuity. The parties entered into a settlement agreement, later incorporated into a judgment, which provided that the wife would receive one-half of the marital portion of the husband’s retirement. The 1997 judgment contained no provisions regarding salary adjustments or cost-of-living adjustments applicable to the retirement annuity.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

The plaintiffs filed this negligence action seeking damages for injuries sustained from the collapse of a deck at the defendants’ home. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted, finding that the injuries were not reasonably foreseeable. We affirm.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

This custody dispute involves the child born to Jonathan D. Grigsby (Father) and Alexandra Alvis-Crawford (Mother). In July 2014, the parties were residing together when Mother moved out of the house with the child and refused to let Father see or talk to him. Shortly thereafter, Mother had medical issues and was admitted to the hospital where she remained until September 2014. During this time, the child lived in the home of the maternal grandparents of the child.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

In this divorce action, Wife appeals contending the trial court erred in classifying Husband’s interest in his family’s business as his separate property and by failing to classify the appreciation in value of this asset as marital property. Wife contends she should have been awarded more than one-half of the marital estate, given that she is in poor health, unable to work and Husband has separate assets of significant value. She contends the award of alimony in futuro is insufficient and the trial court erred by requiring her to pay her attorney’s fees and expenses.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

The question presented is whether the corporate veil of Christenberry Trucking and Farm, Inc. (CTF), should be pierced and its sole shareholder, Clayton V. Christenberry, Jr., be held personally liable for a debt owed by CTF to F&M Marketing Services, Inc. In 2012, F&M obtained a judgment against CTF for breach of contract. By that time, CTF, a trucking company, had suffered mortal setbacks primarily owing to the great recession. CTF was administratively dissolved that same year. CTF had no assets to satisfy the judgment. F&M brought this action, seeking to hold Mr.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

This is a Tenn. R. App. P. 9 interlocutory appeal. Biological grandparents of a child at issue in a termination of parental rights action sought to intervene in the termination proceeding. The child had lived in the grandparents? home with them and the child?s parents. The Department of Children?s Services removed the child from that home and later sought to terminate the parental rights of the child?s parents. The grandparents filed a motion to intervene. The trial court denied their motion, but granted their request for an interlocutory appeal.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 31, 2017

Paula Dugger (?Employee?), a home health nurse, was injured in a motor vehicle accident while returning to her home from an attempt to travel to a patient‘s residence. Home Health Care of Middle Tennessee (?Employer?) denied her claim, contending that the injury did not occur in the course of her employment. Employee sought temporary benefits from the Court of Workers‘ Compensation Claims (?trial court?). The trial court denied her petition, and that denial was affirmed by the Workers‘ Compensation Appeals Board.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 22, 2015

This appeal concerns a divorce action in which the trial court referred all issues to a special master. As pertinent to this appeal, the special master recommended awarding the parties a divorce based upon stipulated grounds and found that the husband was entitled to an award of alimony in solido and retroactive child support. The special master?s detailed report also contained specific recommendations concerning the classification and division of the marital property. Both parties filed exhaustive exceptions to the report. Following a hearing, the trial court adopted the report.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Sep 1, 2015

This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the Department’s classification of the prisoner as a member of a security threat group. The trial court dismissed the prisoner’s petition for writ of certiorari because it was not timely filed, and therefore, the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the petition. We affirm.


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