Check out the latest TN jury verdicts in the October 2017 issue of The Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter, featuring Gary Kellar. TN Jury Verdict Reporter_October 2017

Workers’ Comp summaries by Courtney S. Paterson Betsy Jones v. Dollar General, et al.                                             Filed September 22, 2017 Docket No. 2017-07-0074      State File No. 910-2017 Posture: This is a case before the Appeals Board …Read More

By: Amy Markham Patricia Armstrong was working in a bakery on December 24, 2006 when a co-worker standing on ladder dropped a twenty-pound box of frozen pies striking Ms. Armstrong on her face and left shoulder. In her workers’ compensation claim she alleged injuries to her shoulder and neck and substantial treatment to her shoulder, …Read More

By: Jared Renfroe In two recent cases decided by the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, the court was called upon to decide issues of whether an injured worker was entitled to future medical treatment when the authorized treating physician either refused to continue seeing the employee after the employee reached maximum medical improvement, or when …Read More

By: Tim Singhel You have grown your small business from entrepreneurial dream through financing to fruition. You have nurtured it through early growing pains, expanded your client/customer based and achieved long-term sustainability.  You have evaluated your market penetration and capitalization.  After much thought, business consultation, possibly some sleepless nights and even some prayer, you have …Read More

The Shelby County Circuit recently granted the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Christopher M. Myatt of Spicer Rudstrom’s Memphis office on behalf of a national retailer in a premises liability case. The Plaintiff claimed personal injuries after tripping over a pallet located in the aisle of the store. On behalf of the store, Mr. …Read More

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of a product liability action against a national grocer represented by Memphis attorneys Christopher Myatt and Jacob Strawn. The appellate court held that Tennessee law applied to the plaintiffs’ claims, specifically its one-year statute of limitations, not Mississippi’s three-year …Read More

  By Courtney S. Paterson Vincent Taylor v. American Tire Distributors, et al.             Docket No. 2015-06-0361 State File No. 78226-2014 Filed August 15, 2017   Posture This is a case before the Appeals Board on interlocutory appeal filed by the employer, and the dispute was whether the employer should be required to provide medical benefits. …Read More

By Courtney S. Paterson Maury Endsley v. Benchmark Contractors, LLC, et al.                           Docket No. 2016-05-0743 State File No. 76993-2014 Filed August 11, 2017 Posture This is a case before the Appeals Board on interlocutory appeal filed by the employer, and the dispute was whether the …Read More

By Jared S. Renfroe Burleson v. Germantown Partners Supercuts Docket No. 2016-08-1241 State File No.: 78490-2016 Filed August 15, 2017 The Employee’s attorney in this case requested attorneys’ fees, but because the Appeals Board denied benefits, it declined to award her attorneys’ fees. Facts Employee alleged a low back injury allegedly occurring while he was …Read More

By Courtney S. Paterson   Joseph Kolby Willis v. All Staff, et al.                                                Docket No. 2014-05-0005       Filed August 3, 2017   Posture   This is a case before the Supreme Court of Tennessee Special Workers’ Compensation Panel on appeal filed by the Employee, and the dispute was whether the Employee sustained a compensable injury. …Read More

By Courtney S. Paterson Don Johnson v. Stanley Convergent Security Systems, et al. Docket No. 2016-08-0656 State File No. 6727-2016 Filed August 3, 2017 Posture This is a case before the Appeals Board on interlocutory appeal filed by the employer, and the dispute was whether the employer should be required to provide medical and temporary …Read More

  By Courtney S. Paterson   Miguel Betances v. Brock Services, LLC, et al.                                  Docket No. 2016-08-0883       State File No. 59040-2016 Filed August 1, 2017   Posture This is a case before the Appeals Board on interlocutory appeal filed by the employer, and the dispute was whether the employer should be required to …Read More

A Plaintiff claimed she became ill after consuming pre-packaged fruit allegedly contaminated with Listeria. She filed suit in Memphis against the grocery store and the producer of the fruit, claiming violations of the Tennessee Product Liability Act and seeking damages for her personal injuries. Christopher M. Myatt and Jacob D. Strawn of Spicer Rudstrom’s Memphis …Read More

Spicer Rudstrom was well-represented at the Nashville Business Journal’s Best of Bar ceremony on June 27 honoring the 2017 Nashville Best of Bar recipients.  Seen here, from left to right, are Janna Dedman, J.K. Elkin, Mike Vetter, Brian Duffy, and Steve Minucci of Accelerent.

Spicer Rudstrom is thrilled to announce that SR attorney, Marc Dedman, was recognized on June 27 by the Nashville Business Journal as 2017 Best of Bar for International.  Congratulations, Marc!  

  Read Nashville attorney Marc Dedman‘s advice here.

The Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter in their June issue detailed a case in Federal Court – Knoxville where a motorcyclist suffered assorted injuries when she crashed as she passed through a mowing project on 1-75 – she blamed the mowing company for failing to properly mark the mowing project to warn oncoming traffic. Clint J. …Read More

An article written by attorney Julie-Karel Elkin was recently included in Nashville Medical News. “Cybersecurity: It’s About the Holes” is a feature that addresses the vulnerability of healthcare providers’ systems to hacking. In it, JK cautions those in healthcare to take a proactive approach to cybersecurity, stay on top of regular updates and checks and …Read More

By Jared S. Renfroe Terry Lamm v. E. Miller Construction, Inc. Docket No. 2015-01-0429 State File No. 64870-2015 Filed June 2, 2017 In this case, the Appeals Board affirmed the trial court’s order denying summary judgment to the employer on the basis that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the …Read More