The defendant, Tarrants Chandler, was indicted by a grand jury for ten counts of rape by coercion, Class B felonies, and two counts of criminal exposure to HIV, Class C felonies. After a trial, the jury convicted the defendant of nine counts of rape by coercion and one count of criminal exposure to HIV. The trial court declared a mistrial as to Count 2, rape by coercion, and Count 12, criminal exposure to HIV . The conviction in Count 1 was dismissed by the trial court after the motion for a new trial.

Father appeals the trial court’s order setting aside its prior judgment terminating Mother’s parental rights. After a hearing, the trial court ruled that Father’s failure to comply with the statutory notice requirements rendered the termination judgment void. Discerning no error, we affirm.

This appeal results from an automobile accident. The plaintiffs filed a negligence action against the owner and driver of the vehicle that collided with them. The jury that heard the matter concluded that the defendant driver was only 10 percent at fault, with the rest of the fault assessed to the plaintiff driver. The trial court entered judgment on the jury verdict for the defendants. After a motion for a new trial was denied, the plaintiffs filed this appeal. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

This appeal concerns a dispute over damages in a fraud case. Bradley M. Barkhurst and his wife Judith R. Barkhurst (“the Plaintiffs”), victims of a Ponzi scheme, filed a complaint against Amparo Goyes Jarosh, personal representative of the estate of Charles D. Candler (“Defendant”)1, in the Chancery Court for Knox County (“the Trial Court”). The Trial Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs appeal, arguing, among other things, that they should have been granted enhanced damages under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (“the TCPA”).

Jon David Rogers was suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court for one year and one day, all of which is to be served on probation subject to the conditions that he engage in a practice monitor and pay restitution and costs. Rogers allegedly committed several errors in Bankruptcy Court including accepting clients who did not qualify for bankruptcy protection, failing to advise clients to obtain credit counseling, paying filing fees in installments when the client had paid him the fee in full, as well as other errors that a competent bankruptcy practitioner should not make. View the BPR notice. 

The Tennessee Supreme Court has granted review in six cases. Civil cases involve powers of attorney, comparative fault in Claims Commission cases, arbitration agreement enforceability, and motions for new trial. Criminal cases involve jury selection and impeachment by prior conviction. The Raybin Perky Hotlist offers a forecast of each case.

Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in U.S. history. The new law made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended school, work and public facility discrimination, and barred unequal application of voter registration requirements. In observing the law's 50th anniversary, President Barack Obama said "few pieces of legislation have defined our national identity as distinctly, or as powerfully." WKRN has more from the Associated Press. Learn about lawyers’ roles in the Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee from this 2010 issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal.

The Tennessee Bar Association will be closed tomorrow for Independence Day. The office will reopen Monday at 8 a.m. As you celebrate the holiday and the rights we enjoy as citizens, remember the words of President Andrew Jackson, “All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.”

On June 30, Mary Jeanette Clement was suspended from the practice of law based on four counts of misconduct. She was suspended for a period of two years with nine months of the suspension to be served as an active suspension and 15 months probated with conditions. View the BPR notice.