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Litigation & Appellate Forum Set for April 18

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
Make plans to join your colleagues for the Litigation & Appellate Forum on April 18. This year’s event will include a session on appellate procedure, a presentation on social media issues and client intake, a dual credit legal technology hour related to hold and preservation systems, a session discussing ethical issues in brief writing and brief strategies for both trial and appellate as well as a presentation on the reasonable certainty requirement for calculating damages. Earn up to three hours of general CLE and two hour of ethics CLE.

Charges Dropped Against Activist Involved in Blackburn Campaign Event

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
Charges against a Nashville activist accused of disrupting a campaign event for Sen. Marsha Blackburn have been dropped after a judge said there was not enough evidence for the case to move forward. The Tennessean reports that General Sessions Judge Dianne Turner said prosecutors failed to show probable cause that activist Justin Jones was guilty of criminal trespassing or resisting arrest. 

Safe Baby Court Program Sees First Graduates

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
The Safe Baby Courts program saw its first three graduates during a recent ceremony held at the Coffee County General Sessions court. Since many children are placed under court jurisdiction because of their parents’ substance abuse disorders, Safe Baby Courts typically work on rehabilitating parents so that families can be reunited. “I’m so happy for them and their children. It’s been a pleasure and a blessing to work with you and see you change your life and reunite your family,” Judge Timothy Brock said at the event.

Lawsuit Claims Vandy Doctors Operated on Wrong Kidney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
A woman sued Vanderbilt University Medical Center today, alleging the hospital operated on her wrong kidney during a surgery — a mistake so rare and preventable that medical experts call it a "never event," The Tennessean reports. Carla Miller claims that Vanderbilt doctors were supposed to implant a small mesh tube extending from her left kidney through her urinary system to her bladder during a surgery. Instead, doctors mistakenly implanted the tube in her right kidney, then ran it through the wrong half of her body. Miller’s lawsuit asks for more than $25 million in damages.

Court Documents Show Collierville Prosecutor Praising White Nationalists

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
Court documents in a federal court case show that an assistant prosecutor in Collierville wrote a social media post that praised white nationalists as "good God-fearing patriots," The Commercial Appeal reports. He also referred to white nationalists from the Charlottesville, Virginia, protests as "the good guys." Prosecutor Mike Cross' statement was introduced as evidence during the recent civil trial for Mike Goza, a skilled technician for Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Goza was fired after making controversial remarks related to a fight over Confederate statues, and has sued to get his MLGW job back. In a deposition, Goza described Cross as a friend. Goza said he attended a rally on behalf of Confederate statue preservation because Cross asked him to do it.

SCOTUS Backs Trump Move to Detain Immigrants with Criminal Histories

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court has backed the Trump administration’s ability to detain immigrants with criminal records at any time and hold them indefinitely while they await deportation, even if they served time for their offense years ago, The Hill reports. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit’s finding that the mandatory detention requirement for certain immigrants with criminal records applies only if an immigrant is detained by officials as soon as he or she is released from jail.

Williamson County Bank Sued for Age, Gender Discrimination

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
A woman is suing a Williamson County-based bank, alleging gender and age discrimination, The Tennessean reports. Reliant Bank, headquartered in Cool Springs with five branches around the county, is being sued by one of its employees who says the bank's management failed to address offensive comments made about her after she reported the incident. The plaintiff, Patricia Berry, alleges that various members of the company made crude and offensive comments to her, sent verbally abusive emails and even posted her job position online around the time she turned 65. Berry is seeking $300,000 and an injunction ordering Reliant from taking further retaliation against her.

Volunteers Needed for Expungement Clinic in Nashville on April 27

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 19, 2019
The Music City Community Courts program is seeking volunteer attorneys for an Expungement Clinic & Resource Fair, scheduled for April 27 at Magness – Potter Community Center, Salvation Army’s Red Shield East Campus, 611 Stockell St., Nashville, Tennessee 37207. The clinic will have check-in for the pre-registered participants at 9 to 9:30 a.m. and will start at 10:15 a.m. All volunteer attorneys are asked to arrive at 9:30 to 10 a.m. for orientation. Sign up to volunteer via email.

LAET Seeking Staff Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 18, 2019
Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) is seeking a full-time staff attorney for LAET’s Johnson City or Morristown office to handle public benefit cases and other general civil litigation. The ideal candidate will have six years of experience or less, including experience with public benefits cases and litigating cases in a variety of courts. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, resume, three references, and writing sample to Crystal Lugo, Human Resources Specialist, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, 535 Chestnut Street, Suite 360, Chattanooga, TN  37405 or clugo@laet.org.

Sixth Circuit Hears Tennessee Refugee Case

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 18, 2019
Nearly three years after state lawmakers approved a resolution directing Tennessee to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on March 19, The Tennessean reports. The case in front of the court of appeals comes after Tennessee's attorney general declined to initiate the state's lawsuit and one year after a federal judge in a lower court dismissed the matter. The case dates back to 2016, when the Tennessee legislature overwhelmingly approved a resolution ordering the lawsuit. When it was filed in March 2017, Tennessee became the first state in the nation to sue the federal government regarding refugee resettlement on the grounds of violating the 10th Amendment. It is unclear when a decision on the case will be made.
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