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Law Firm Launches Petition for Distracted Driving Legislation

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
Chattanooga law firm Warren & Griffin has launched a petition that urges legislators to pass a Hands Free Tennessee bill targeting distracted driving, Fox Chattanooga reports. A similar bill was recently passed in Georgia, prohibiting drivers not only from texting while driving but also from touching or holding their phone while operating a vehicle. An estimated 3,000 deaths occur each year nationally due to distracted driving. Warren & Griffin's C. Mark Warren said his firm is starting the petition because of the influx of families coming to the firm with cases related to distracted driving.

Faith-Based Group Opens Nashville Campus for Former Inmates

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
After nearly a decade since it was first proposed, Valor Ridge, a group home campus for former inmates, has opened in Davidson County, WPLN reports. The community was conceived by Men of Valor, a faith-based ministry that aims to reduce recidivism, and is funded in part by private prison operator CoreCivic. Former prisoners “need an opportunity to live in our community and be productive citizens,” said Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, a supporter of the project. The campus will initially house up to 60 men, with units for 30 more in the works.

Davidson County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
Davidson County lawyer John Benneth Iwu received a public censure on Wednesday from the Board of Professional Responsibility. In December 2017, Iwu authorized two electronic payments representing filing fees from his trust account knowing that his trust account contained personal funds that would not be sufficient to cover the amount of the payments. While Iwu anticipated depositing client funds into the account to cover the filing fees, he ultimately forgot, resulting in an overdraft on the account.

Appeals Court Finds Jeremy Durham Has Standing to Sue for Benefits

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that former Tennessee legislator Jeremy Durham, who was expelled from the House of Representatives two years ago, has standing to sue the state over health insurance and pension benefits he claims he is owed, The Nashville Post reports. Last year, the federal District Court ruled differently, saying Durham had no right to sue the Commissioner of Finance and Administration, the Director of Legislative Administration Connie Ridley and Treasurer David Lillard because they did not cause Durham to be expelled. The new ruling states Durham has standing “because his injury that he seeks to remedy is fairly traceable to the administrators’ conduct.”

Roane County Man Latest Death Related to Kingston Coal Ash Cleanup

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
A Roane County man who spent two years working to clean up the Kingston Coal Ash Spill died last month, the latest in a series of deaths related the cleanup effort, Knoxnews reports. Harry Hemingway worked under Jacobs Engineering, who assured some 900 workers that the ash was so safe they could eat a pound of it a day. He died of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer linked to coal ash.

Judge Starnes Elected President of TGSJC

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
Hamilton County General Sessions Judge Gary W. Starnes has been elected president of the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference (TGSJC) for 2018-2019, The Chattanoogan reports. The TGSJC is a statewide organization consisting of 185 general sessions court judges from across the state. Starnes previously served four years on the TGSJC Executive Committee Board and as the vice-president for the Eastern Division of the TGSJC. Starnes was first elected as judge of the Hamilton County General Sessions Court, Division 5, in 2012 and re-elected in 2014.

Nashville Settles Civil Rights Suit From 2011 Traffic Stop

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 19, 2018
The Nashville Metro Council has approved a $130,000 settlement in a civil rights suit with a woman who was arrested after a 2011 traffic stop, The Tennessean reports. Andrea Miller was arrested while driving home from work. The officer claims she ran a stop sign, and both agree that when he attempted to pull her over, she waited until she reached her driveway rather than pulling over to the side of the road. The officer claimed Miller jerked away from him, and so he handcuffed her, placed her in his patrol car and searched her vehicle. It was later found that the officer misstated details on the arrest warrant.

SCOTUS Lets Stand Decision Requiring Dark Money Disclosure

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 19, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court’s decision forcing politically active nonprofit groups to disclose the identity of any donor giving more than $200 when those groups advertise for or against political candidates, The Atlantic reports. It’s not immediately clear whether nonprofit groups that advocate for and against political candidates must retroactively disclose their funders or only do so going forward.

Randy Boyd Named Interim President of UT

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 19, 2018
Businessman and former candidate for governor Randy Boyd has been named interim president of the University of Tennessee, following the recent retirement announcement from President Joe DiPietro, The Tennessean reports. Tennessee AG Herbert Slatery praised the decision. “Randy Boyd’s key role in the Governor’s signature higher education program, the Tennessee Promise, his familiarity with state government and his campaign experience places him in a unique position to guide the University of Tennessee education system at this pivotal time,” Slatery said in a statement.

Trump: ‘I Don’t Have an Attorney General’

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 19, 2018
In a new interview President Donald Trump criticized the job performance of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and suggested he might fire him, USA Today reports. “I don’t have an attorney general. It’s very sad,” Trump said in the Oval Office. When asked by reporters if he intended to sack Sessions, Trump responded: “We are looking at lots of different things.”
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