⚖️ Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Appellant attorney appeals the denial of his request for attorney's fees to be paid from the estate of a ward in a conservatorship proceeding. The trial court denied the request on the bases that the ...

This is a divorce action. Wife appeals the trial court's division of property and debt and asserts that the trial court erred by not classifying and awarding certain real property in accordance with t...

In the course of two separate dependency and neglect proceedings, a mother and father were found to have committed severe child abuse on their two children. In this termination proceeding, the trial c...

In this interlocutory appeal, the defendant municipal board claimed that a document attached to the plaintiffs' amended complaint was protected by the attorney work product doctrine and therefore coul...

This case arises from a forcible entry and detainer proceeding. Because Appellant's principal brief fails to comply with Rule 27 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure and Rule 6 of the Rules o...

Employee alleges that his termination from a county election commission was based on discrimination. His timely-filed federal case against the State of Tennessee was subsequently dismissed on Eleventh...

The appeal is dismissed because Appellant's brief fails to comply with Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 27(a)(7)(A) and Tennessee Court of Appeals Rule 6(a). In addition, Appellant failed to prov...

Appellant appeals the dismissal of his second lawsuit seeking damages and injunctive relief against four defendants allegedly associated with his criminal prosecution. The trial court dismissed the se...

The Plaintiffs filed suit against a neighboring church and its pastor, alleging violations of local ordinances, as well as nuisance and trespass. The Defendants responded with a petition for dismissal...

In a prior appeal, we addressed multiple issues connected to a judgment that was entered following a bench trial. Among other things, we affirmed the trial court's determination that one of the Defend...

In this divorce action, the trial court entered an order in December 2021, according to the parties' announced agreement, granting the parties a divorce on stipulated grounds and directing, inter alia...

This is an interlocutory appeal as of right, pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 10B, filed by Arthur A. Allen ("Father"), seeking to recuse the trial judge in this case. Having reviewed the petition for re...

This appeal involves premises liability and negligence claims asserted against a homeowner's association after a shooting outside its community clubhouse while it was rented for a birthday party. The ...

The issues in this appeal arise from protracted litigation in three courts involving several property owners ("Plaintiffs") who contend the Town of Morrison, Tennessee, ("the Town") is estopped, for v...

As a result of a traffic accident, a Metropolitan police officer issued a driver a Metropolitan traffic citation. The general sessions court found that the driver violated a traffic ordinance, and on ...

Plaintiff filed a petition to have a New York confession of judgment enrolled as a judgment in Tennessee. Defendant claimed the Tennessee circuit court had no jurisdiction because the confession of ju...

The Appellant takes issue with the trial judge's refusal to recuse himself from the litigation assigned to him pursuant to designation by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Discernin...

This appeal involves an amended final decree of divorce entered by the Circuit Court of Hamilton County ("trial court") on December 20, 2021. Following a bench trial, the trial court granted the parti...

In this case involving termination of the father's parental rights to his children, the trial court found that several statutory grounds for termination had been proven by clear and convincing evidenc...

This is an appeal from a final order of absolute divorce. The trial court granted the divorce based on a finding that both parties committed inappropriate marital conduct. The wife appeals. We dismiss...

This appeal involves an action brought by the State of Tennessee for alleged violations of Tennessee's statutes regarding the unauthorized practice of law and the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. Th...

Mother appeals the trial court's decision to award equal parenting time after making no findings regarding her allegations of abuse by Father. Because the trial court stated that there was no evidence...

Because the order appealed from does not constitute a final appealable judgment, this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal....

Kyndra Abernathy ("Petitioner") petitioned the trial court for an order of protection against Icker Derek Barile ("Respondent"), alleging that he sexually assaulted her. After a hearing at which each ...

After counsel for the plaintiff partnership filed a claim for attorney fees in the counsel's firm's own name, limited partners of the partnership sought a right of intervention to oppose the firm's cl...

This is a termination of parental rights case. The mother appeals the trial court's order terminating her parental rights, arguing that it erred in denying her motion to continue the trial and in cons...

A loan was secured by a deed of trust on the borrower's real property. When the borrower repaid the loan in full, the bank paid a fee to record a deed of release. The bank then sought reimbursement of...

In this custody case, Appellant/Mother asserts that the trial court erred in its best interest analysis by failing to consider the preference of the minor child under Tennessee Code Annotated section ...

This case involves a long-standing and highly contentious custody matter. Upon competing petitions to modify the existing parenting plan, the trial court determined that it was in the best interest of...

The trial court awarded the estate of Mona Small ("the Estate") a judgment in the amount of $26,515 against appellants Kevin J. Elliott and Heather R. Elliott, based on its finding that the Elliotts c...

Plaintiffs were involved in an automobile accident with Defendant and allegedly sustained personal injuries. Plaintiffs filed suit in the Shelby County General Sessions Court but were unable to get pe...

Keith Lamont Farmer (the "Petitioner"), an inmate in the West Tennessee State Penitentiary ("WTSP"), filed suit against Tennessee Department of Correction ("TDOC" or "the State") after Petitioner rece...

This appeal involves matters of alimony and valuation of marital property upon the divorce of the parties, who were married for twenty-four years. Following its valuation of certain marital assets, th...

Appellant filed an objection to the probate of Decedent's will, and Appellee, the Executrix of Decedent's estate, filed a motion to dismiss the objection. The trial court granted Appellee's motion, di...

After a delinquent tax sale of land owned by a limited liability corporation, the managing member filed a motion to redeem the property pro se, signing only his own name. The trial court deemed admitt...

This interlocutory appeal arises out of an action in which two companies brought suit against their former attorney for legal malpractice. The attorney moved for summary judgment as to one client's cl...

This is an interlocutory appeal as of right from certification of a class. Plaintiff, a physician-owned independent practice association, and Defendant, an organization that owns several hospitals and...

This appeal arises from a divorce action following a four-year marriage. The issues pertain to the trial court's classification of the wife's business as her separate property, the valuation and divis...

This is a will contest. The trial court denied Appellant's motion to set aside its order admitting Decedent's will to probate and, subsequently, struck Appellant's motion to amend his counter-petition...

Worker commenced this action in the general sessions court seeking compensation for miscellaneous work performed at defendant's residence. When the plaintiff prevailed in the general sessions court, t...

This is one of four separate actions currently before this Court with the common issue of whether the version of Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-4-306(a)(2)(A) in effect prior to the July 2014 amendment...

This is a termination of parental rights case. The Department of Children's Services filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of M.L.D.N. (mother) with respect to her firstborn child, M.E.N.J...

This is one of four separate actions currently before this Court with the common issue of whether the version of Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-4-306(a)(2)(A) in effect prior to the July 2014 amendment...

This is one of four separate actions currently before this Court with the common issue of whether the version of Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-4-306(a)(2)(A) in effect prior to the July 2014 amendment...

This is one of four separate actions currently before this Court with the common issue of whether the version of Tennessee Code Annotated § 57-4-306(a)(2)(A) in effect prior to the July 2014 amendment...

This is a termination of parental rights case involving an almost nine-year-old child, who was removed from his parents' custody after allegations of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and a violation of t...