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Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 8, 2015

This is an unemployment compensation case. The employee filed a claim for benefits following her termination from her employer. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development granted the claim. The Appeals Tribunal reversed the decision, finding that the employee was ineligible for benefits pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-7-303(a)(1)(A).1 The Board of Review upheld the reversal. The employee filed a petition for judicial review, and the trial court reversed the decision. The employer and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development appeal.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 8, 2015

Two children came into the custody of the Department of Children’s Services in July 2012 after members of their extended family made allegations that their parents were abusing them. The children were adjudicated dependent and neglected, and subsequently, the Department instituted proceedings to terminate the parental rights of both parents. After a hearing, the court held that the parents had willfully abandoned their children by failure to support, substantial non-compliance, and persistence of conditions. Mother appeals the termination of her parental rights.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 8, 2015

Father, the primary residential parent with substantially more parenting time, sought to relocate to Wisconsin with the parties’ minor son. After learning that Father was about to relocate, Mother filed a petition in opposition to the relocation alleging that she had not received notice of Father’s intent to relocate as required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-108(a) and contending that relocation was not for a reasonable purpose and not in the child’s best interest.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 8, 2015

This appeal involves two employees’ claims of racial discrimination and retaliation pursuant to the Tennessee Human Rights Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-101, et seq. After a five-day jury trial, the jury found in favor of both employees on their claims of racial discrimination and retaliation for engaging in protected activity. The jury awarded one employee $2,600,000 and the other employee $2,042,000 in back pay, benefits, and compensatory damages.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 8, 2015

We granted review in this health care liability action to decide whether the trial court erred by failing to apply this Court’s analysis in Estate of French v. Stratford House, 333 S.W.3d 546 (Tenn. 2011), in determining whether it was necessary for plaintiffs to provide pre-suit notice and a certificate of good faith under the Tennessee Health Care Liability Act (“THCLA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-101 et seq.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 7, 2015

The Defendant, Brenda Woods, was convicted by a McNairy County Circuit Court jury of three counts of procuring an illegal vote. See T.C.A. §2-19-117 (2014). The trial court sentenced the Defendant to two years to be served on community corrections. On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support her convictions; (2) her convictions violate double jeopardy; (3) the trial court erroneously admitted irrelevant evidence; and (4) the prosecutor made improper statements during closing argument. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 7, 2015

The Defendant, Willie Nolan, was convicted by a Shelby County jury of attempted reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, reckless aggravated assault, felony reckless endangerment, and vandalism. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-12-101, -13-102, -14-408. After merging the attempted reckless endangerment conviction into the aggravated assault conviction, the trial court imposed a total effective sentence of twenty-seven years.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 7, 2015

The defendant, Adrian Marcel Newbill, was convicted by a Marshall County Circuit Court jury of the possession of 26 grams or more of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, with the intent to sell/deliver, a Class B felony, and was sentenced by the trial court as a Range I, standard offender to twelve years in the Department of Correction. The defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his conviction, and (2) whether the trial court imposed an excessive sentence. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 7, 2015

The Defendant, Donna Marie Chartrand, was charged in the Circuit Court for Gibson County with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. See T.C.A. §§ 39-17-417(a)(1) (Supp. 2012) (amended 2014) (manufacture of methamphetamine); 39-12-103 (2014) (conspiracy); 39-17-433(a)(1) (2014) (promotion of methamphetamine manufacture); 39-17-425(b)(1) (Supp. 2012) (felony possession of drug paraphernalia); 39-17-425 (Supp.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 7, 2015

The Defendant, Alison Briars, pleaded guilty in the Shelby County Criminal Court to cruelty to animals, a Class A misdemeanor, with the length and manner of service of the sentence to be determined by the trial court. See T.C.A. § 39-14-202 (2014). The court sentenced the Defendant to eleven months and twenty-nine days, with sixty days’ confinement and the remainder to be served on supervised probation. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court (1) erred in denying judicial diversion and (2) abused its discretion by not sentencing her to full probation.


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