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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 20, 2019

After the employee experienced a work-related injury and underwent surgery, the parties reached a court-approved settlement of the employee’s claim that identified the physician who was to provide future medical care. The employee subsequently requested additional medical care, but the designated physician, as well as multiple other physicians, refused to see her, indicating no additional medical care was necessary.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 20, 2019

The defendant, Reuben Eugene Mitchell, was convicted of one count of arson and one count of presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the defendant’s arson conviction but reversed his conviction for presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim. We granted the State’s application to appeal to address whether the proof at trial was sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction for presenting a false or fraudulent insurance claim. Our review leads us to conclude that the evidence was sufficient.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 20, 2019

In this post-divorce matter, the mother appeals the award of attorney fees to the father, who prevailed in his opposition to the mother’s request to relocate out of state. The mother gave notice to the father that she wanted to move to Arizona while the parties’ competing petitions to modify the parenting plan were pending. The trial court denied the mother’s request to relocate and awarded attorney fees to the father as the prevailing party in the relocation matter.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 20, 2019

The Petitioner, Tommy Dale Adams, appeals from the denial of his petition for post- conviction relief, wherein he challenged his jury convictions for first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder, and especially aggravated robbery.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

The Appellant filed suit complaining that the Department of Children’s Services denied him an administrative hearing concerning the determination that he was a child abuser. The trial court ultimately dismissed the Appellant’s petition for review, noting that there had already been a prior judicial determination, by clear and convincing evidence, that the Appellant had committed severe child abuse. We affirm.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. While at home on a cold November morning, William Wooden heard a knock at the door. Upon opening it, Wooden was greeted by a man asking to speak with Wooden’s wife. Wooden went to get her. And he allowed the man to enter the home, to stay warm while waiting for Wooden to return.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

COOK, Circuit Judge. En route to a mental health treatment facility, Joshua Blough got out of his fiancée’s vehicle holding his knife, walked through traffic, and wandered into a residential neighborhood. When he ignored his fiancée’s repeated pleas to get back in the car, police officers intervened. After he refused commands to drop the knife, the officers fired three shots, killing Blough. His fiancée and his estate sued under federal and state law, claiming that the officers used excessive force by shooting Blough.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. Phyllis Davis suffers from asthma but lives in a condominium complex that allows residents to smoke in their condos. Davis asserts that the smell of smoke regularly emanating from a neighbor’s condo aggravated her asthma. Unsatisfied with her condo association’s efforts to address the situation, she sued the association and its property manager. Davis alleged that these defendants, by refusing to ban smoking, discriminated against her under the Fair Housing Amendments Act, violated various condo bylaws, and allowed a tortious nuisance to persist.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

The Petitioner, Justin C. Howell, appeals the Williamson County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, arguing he received ineffective assistance of counsel. After review, we affirm the denial of the petition.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 19, 2019

The Petitioner, Billy Anglin, appeals from the Williamson County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment, for which he is serving an effective sentence of life plus twenty-five years. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred in denying relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel and due process claims. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.


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