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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 10, 2015

Plaintiff filed suit against her former employer for sexual discrimination, employer retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, retention and supervision practices, and workers’ compensation retaliation. The parties entered into an agreement which settled Plaintiff’s claims; pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the parties submitted an agreed order dismissing the case which was entered by the court. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed a motion to vacate the order of dismissal, and her former employer filed a motion to enforce the settlement.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 10, 2015

This is a will contest. Appellants, Bill Morris, Jr., and Cheryl Morris, appeal the trial court?s determination that their Father?s will was properly executed pursuant to the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated Section 32-1-104. We conclude that the witnesses to the will only signed the affidavit of attesting witnesses and not the will itself. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 10, 2015

Plaintiffs, two grandchildren of the decedent who are executors of their deceased mother?s estate, brought this action on behalf of the decedent contending that Barbara Stephens, one of the decedent?s three daughters, unduly influenced the decedent to name Ms. Stephens as the sole beneficiary of her estate, to the exclusion of her other children and grandchildren. The decedent died in 2009, this action was commenced in August 2012, and the decedent?s will was admitted to probate in January 2013, without contest. Thereafter, Ms.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 10, 2015

The trial court entered a default judgment against Defendant for indebtedness incurred under two separate credit agreements. We affirm.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 9, 2015

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether an Assistant City Attorney of the City of Memphis was an agent properly authorized to settle a dispute with a former employee. The former employee sued the City to enforce a settlement agreement he purportedly reached with the Assistant City Attorney for an amount in excess of $500.00. His complaint alleged that although he was never informed that the agreement was contingent on the Mayor’s approval, the Mayor subsequently rejected the agreement, and the City, based on the Mayor’s rejection, refused to honor it.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 9, 2015
Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 9, 2015

The Defendant, Jay Herman Sanders, appeals from the trial court’s denial of an alternative sentence and order to pay $250,000 in restitution. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it sentenced him to 10 years in the Department of Correction and claims that the trial court failed to consider his future ability to pay restitution. After a review of the record and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 9, 2015

On June 29, 2011, the petitioner entered guilty pleas to several offenses, including one count of the possession of 300 grams or more of cocaine, a Class A felony, and two counts of money laundering, Class B felonies. The petitioner received an effective twenty-year sentence for these crimes. The petitioner’s total effective sentence was forty-one years, twenty-one of which were for crimes not at issue in this appeal.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 9, 2015

Appellant, Ashley Bradshaw, was convicted by a jury of three counts of aggravated child abuse, three counts of aggravated child neglect, and three counts of aggravated child endangerment. The trial court merged the convictions into one count of aggravated child abuse and sentenced appellant to twenty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions.


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