Tennessee Court of Appeals Decisions 2001

In re: Estate of J. Crawford Murphy vs. Robert A. Murphy, et al.
Date: December 24, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-01112-COA-R3-CV

Gloria Neuenschwander vs. Roy Neuenschwander
Date: December 17, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00306-COA-R3-CV

Taylor Brown vs. Jerry Nowlin
Date: December 10, 2001
Docket Number: W2001-01455-COA-R3-CV

Guy Wilson, et al. v. Thompson Const. Co., et al.
Date: December 10, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-03200-COA-R3-CV

Flora Mae Melton v. Glen Houston Melton
Date: December 5, 2001
Docket Number: 2001-00128-COA-R3-CV

Sandy Sanders, v. David W. Lanier, In his individual and in his offical capacities, and the State of Tennessee
Date: December 4, 2001
Docket Number: 02A01-9412-CH-00276

Gary Bernard Sanders, #76973, v. Jimmie L. Jones (Concurring)
Date: December 4, 2001
Docket Number: 02A01-9610-CV-00261

Linda Greene vs. Dr. Woody Stinson
Date: December 3, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00628-COA-R3-CV

Knox County Education Association v. Knox County Board of Education, et al.
Date: December 2, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01019-COA-R3-CV

Trinity Industries, Inc. v. McKinnon Bridge Co., Inc.
Date: November 28, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-00510-COA-R3-CV

Charles Bobo v. Dept. of Corrections
Date: November 26, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-00517-COA-R3-CV

Anthony McNabb, et ux vs. Highways, Inc., et al
Date: November 19, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00867-COA-R3-CV

Robert McNabb vs. Steve Hatfield
Date: November 12, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02511-COA-R3-CV

Sue Plemmons vs. Mike Graves
Date: November 5, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00733-COA-R3-CV

Lynda Ray vs. Bd of Ed. of Oak Ridge
Date: October 29, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00820-COA-R3-CV

Peggy Lane, et al vs. Luella Spriggs, et al
Date: October 22, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00163-COA-R3-CV

Tip's PackageStore, Inc. vs. Commercial Ins. Mgrs., Inc.
Date: October 16, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02070-COA-R3-CV

Denise Frazier vs. Robert Frazier
Date: October 15, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02929-COA-R3-CV

Pero's Steak and Spaghetti House vs. Elizabeth Hinkle
Date: October 8, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00254-COA-R3-CV

Estate of James Kirk vs. James Lowe
Date: October 1, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-02858-COA-R9-CV

Lori Castle vs. Jeffrey Baker
Date: September 21, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02772-COA-R3-CV

Michael Cheslock vs. Bd. of Admin., etc .
Date: September 17, 2001
Docket Number: W2001-00179-COA-R3-CV

Carl O. Koella, Jr. vs. Fred McHargue, et ux
Date: September 10, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00544-COA-R3-CV

Arthur/Mary Anderson vs. John Howser
Date: September 3, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-00937-COA-R3-CV

George Tipton vs. Axis Fabrication & Machine Co.
Date: August 29, 2001
Docket Number: E2001-00258-COA-R3-CV

Howard Zoldessy vs. Ingrid Davis, et al
Date: August 27, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02526-COA-R3-CV

Tarrance Robinson vs. Neil Clement, et al
Date: August 27, 2001
Docket Number: M2001-00365-COA-R3-CV

Frankie White, et al vs. Ronnie Gault, et al
Date: August 20, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-00534-COA-R3-CV

J. Howard Gregg vs. Jack Johnson
Date: August 13, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02685-COA-R3-CV

Martin Herrick, et ux vs. Mike Ford Custom Builders, LLC
Date: August 13, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-02569-COA-R3-CV

Lisa Hughes, et vir vs. Wilma Effler, et al
Date: August 6, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-03147-COA-R3-CV

Ellis Perlberg vs. Brencor Asset Mgt.
Date: July 30, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02272-COA-R3-CV

David Melvin York, et ux vs. Vulcan Materials CO. vs. Transcontinental Insurance Company
Date: July 23, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02528-COA-R3-CV

This appeal involves an award of front pay damages in a retaliatory discharge case. An employee who had been injured on the job five times in less than two years filed a retaliatory discharge suit in the Circuit Court for Lewis County alleging that her employer had discharged her in retaliation for her workers' compensation claims. A jury awarded the employee $10,390 in back pay and $20,000 in punitive damages. Thereafter, the trial court determined that reinstatement was not feasible and awarded the employee an additional $36,327 in front pay. On this appeal, the employer challenges the front pay award on two grounds. First, it asserts that the employee was not entitled to front pay. Second, it asserts that if the employee is entitled to front pay, the amount of front pay awarded by the trial court is too high. We have determined that the trial court correctly determined that the employee is entitled to front pay. However, we have also determined that front pay award must be reduced to $25,429 because of an error in the trial court's computations.
Date: July 19, 2001
Docket Number: M1998-00938-COA-R3-CV

Rachel Rice vs. Lee Rice
Date: July 19, 2001
Docket Number: M1998-00973-COA-R3-CV

State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services, v. Amy Diane Bottoms, and Brian Bottoms, Sr. In the Matter of: Brian Scott Bottoms, Jr., Israel Vaughn Bottoms, and Elijah Keane Bottoms
Date: July 18, 2001
Docket Number: 01A01-9706-JV-00249

John Watson Little, et. al. and Leslie Earl Little, Executors for the Estate of Leslie H. Llittle, Deceased, . v. Michael Hogan, Jeff Payne et. al.
Date: July 18, 2001
Docket Number: 01A01-9707-CV-00291

Denley Rentals vs. Howard Etheridge
Date: July 16, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-00189-COA-R3-CV

Patricia Sadler vs. Lawrence Sadler
Date: July 11, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02110-COA-R3-CV

Leta Hoalcraft vs. Walter Troy Smithson
Date: July 10, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-01347-COA-R10-CV

Marie Cagle vs. Shannon Cass
Date: July 9, 2001
Docket Number: W2001-00760-COA-R3-CV

Larry Robbins vs. City of Johnson City
Date: July 2, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02952-COA-R3-CV

Hopewell Baptist Church vs. Southeast Window Mfg. Co., et al
Date: June 25, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02699-COA-R3-CV

Donna Martin vs. Mary Coleman, et al
Date: June 18, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-02238-COA-R3-CV

Robert Richardson vs. Deborah Richardson
Date: June 14, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-02374-COA-R3-CV

Linda O'Mary vs. Protech Builders, Inc.
Date: June 11, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02539-COA-R3-CV

Wessington House Apartments vs. Ashley Clinard
Date: June 4, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-01029-COA-R3-CV

Susan Weissfeld vs. Steven Weissfeld
Date: May 28, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02233-COA-R3-CV

In Re: E.K.C.T. H.C. v. S.T.
Date: May 25, 2001
Docket Number: 2000-00197-COA-R3-CV

State, ex rel, Purlie Page, vs Ricardo Trabal
Date: May 21, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02738-COA-R3-CV

David Eason vs. Melissa Bruce
Date: May 14, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-01326-COA-R3-CV

Dana Scott vs. Edward Sellers
Date: May 7, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-00422-COA-R3-CV

McDonnell P.L.C. vs. Select-O-Hits
Date: April 30, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-00044-COA-R3-CV

Musson Theatrical vs. Federal Express
Date: April 16, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-01247-COA-R3-CV

In this case, the appellant, having signed a Marital Dissolution Agreement later incorporated into a divorce decree, seeks by Rule 60 motion to have a portion of the decree dealing with the paternity of a child conceived while the parties were married, and born after the parties were divorced, voided as against public policy. Blood tests have conclusively excluded the man who the appellant had an extramarital affair with, as the father of the child. The trial court dismissed the appellant's petition pursuant to Tenn. R. Civ. P. Rule 41 motion. On appeal, we reverse the Chancellor, remand this case for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion, and order the appellee to undergo blood tests to determine the parentage of the child.
Date: April 11, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-00334-COA-R3-CV

Brian Smelley vs. Dan Rawls, Ind.
Date: April 9, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02622-COA-R3-CV

Brenda Reese vs. Rickie Reese
Date: April 2, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-02429-COA-R3-CV

Anna Williams vs. James Williams, II
Date: March 30, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-03005-COA-R3-CV

Daniel Lowe vs. Faytella Lowe
Date: March 26, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01456-COA-R3-CV

State Department of Children's Services vs. RC
Date: March 26, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01939-COA-R3-CV

United Telephone-Southeast, Inc., vs. TN Regulatory Authority
Date: March 19, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-02801-COA-R3-CV

Ernest Frye vs. Blue Ridge Neuroscience Center, et al
Date: March 12, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02155-COA-R9-CV

This appeal involves the dissolution of an eighteen-year marriage by the Chancery Court for Lewis County. The trial court awarded the wife the divorce after concluding that the husband's continuing extramarital affair amounted to inappropriate marital conduct. To protect the "moral integrity of the marital relationship," the trial court granted the wife sole custody of the parties' two minor children and declined to grant the husband any visitation rights. In addition, the trial court ordered the husband to pay more than the minimum child support required by the child support guidelines because he was willfully underemployed and because he would not be exercising standard visitation with the children. The husband asserts on this appeal that the trial court's decisions with regard to custody and visitation, child support, and the division of the marital estate lack evidentiary support. We have determined that the trial court's disapproval of the husband's extramarital affair inappropriately colored its decisions regarding visitation and child support. Accordingly, we affirm the manner in which the trial court divided the parties' marital estate and reverse the trial court's visitation and child support awards.
Date: March 7, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-00230-COA-R3-CV

Freddie Smith, et al vs. Tony Haley
Date: March 5, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01203-COA-R3-CV

Robert Wilson, Jr. vs. Martha Wilson
Date: February 26, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01181-COA-R3-CV

Rochelle Mcdonald v. Percy L. Jones
Date: February 23, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-575-COA-R3-CV

Lorrie Barnes vs. Richard Barnes
Date: February 20, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-01285-COA-R3-CV

Gary Willingham vs. Gallatin Group, Inc., et al
Date: February 19, 2001
Docket Number: M1998-00990-COA-R3-CV

Ginger Vooys vs. Robert Turner, Jr.
Date: February 12, 2001
Docket Number: M1999-00504-COA-R3-CV

Larry Ray vs. TN Farmers
Date: February 5, 2001
Docket Number: W1999-00698-COA-R3-CV

In the Matter of:S.M.K. and R.A.K.,Melissa McKinney vs. State of Tn, Department of Children's Services
Date: February 5, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-02718-COA-R3-CV

Kristen Bridges vs. Carla King
Date: January 31, 2001
Docket Number: W2000-01919-COA-R3-CV

Larry Simpson vs. Donal Campbell, Commissioner, et al
Date: January 29, 2001
Docket Number: M2000-00218-COA-R3-CV

Janine S. Taylor Hines vs. Richard Michael Tilimon
Date: January 22, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-00912-COA-R3-CV

Berman Kennedy vs. Darlene Lane-Detman, et al
Date: January 22, 2001
Docket Number: E2000-01315-COA-R3-CV

Messer Griesheim Industries, Inc. vs. Cryotech of Kingsport, Inc., et al
Date: January 15, 2001
Docket Number: E1999-02676-COA-R3-CV

In re: Petition of John Weatherford
Date: January 8, 2001
Docket Number: W1999-01014-COA-R3-CV

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