APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

State vs. Larry Brumit

M1999-00154-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:James K. Clayton, Jr.
Rutherford County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
Clifford Taylor vs. State, et al

M1999-02418-COA-R3-CV
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. Robert Bassett Brown

M1999-00867-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
Trebing vs. Fleming Companies

M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Barbara N. Haynes
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. Samuel D. Land

M1999-01023-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:Timothy L. Easter
Williamson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
Rocky Lee Coker vs. TN Dept. of Correction

M1999-02268-COA-R3-CV
An inmate in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction filed a petition for a declaratory judgment, claiming that his sentence reduction credits had been improperly calculated and that his "safety valve" release date had been wrongly cancelled. The trial court granted the state's motion for summary judgment and the petitioner appeals. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Jabari Mandela vs. Jim Rose, et al

M1999-02552-COA-R3-CV
The trial court summarily dismissed the plaintiff pro se prisoner's complaint for lack of jurisdiction before service of process was had or response filed. Based on the record before us, we reverse.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Stella L. Hargrove
Wayne County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Lewis vs. Caputo

E1999-01182-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:W. Frank Brown, III
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Karen Mundy vs. James Mundy

E1999-02697-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:John B. Hagler, Jr.
Bradley County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Brown vs. Bd. of Professional Responsibility

E1999-02636-SC-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Howell N. Peoples
Hamilton County Supreme Court 04/28/00
Groner vs. On-Site Grading

E1999-00219-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Howell N. Peoples
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Penny Sue Mincy v. Charles David Mincy, Sr.

E1999-02304-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:William R. Brewer
Blount County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
State of Tennessee v. Donald Curtis Reid

01C01-9903-CR-00077

Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. Halley Thompson

W2000-00315-CCA-RM-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison
Chester County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. James Carroll

W1999-01741-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Carroll County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Bank of Gleason vs. Weakley Farmers

W1999-02161-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Originating Judge:William B. Acree
Weakley County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Teddrick Williamson

W1999-00055-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Joseph H. Walker, III
Tipton County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Charles Thurman v. Maytag Cooking Products, Inc.

03S01-9902-CV-00023
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. Review of the findings of fact made by the trial court is de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the finding, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. TENN. CODE ANN. _ 5-6-225(e)(2); Stone v. City of McMinnville, 896 S.W.2d 548, 55 (Tenn. 1995). The application of this standard requires this Court to weigh in more depth the factual findings and conclusions of the trial courts in workers' compensation cases. See Corcoran v. Foster Auto GMC, Inc., 746 S.W.2d 452, 456 (Tenn. 1988).
Authoring Judge: John K. Byers, Senior Judge
McMinn County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/00
William Allen Jones v. Travelers Casualty& Surety

E1999-01548-WC-R3-CV
This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The appellant-employee appealed the trial court's ruling that his injury was of a temporary nature and that appellee was only liable for medical expenses to the date of the trial. Appellant argues the only expert medical evidence established his injury was of a permanent nature. Judgment of the trial court is reversed to fix permanent disability at 2% to the body as a whole and case is remanded to enforce other alternative findings.
Authoring Judge: Thayer, Sp. J.
Originating Judge:W. Frank Brown III, Chancellor
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 04/27/00
State vs. Elizabeth Mullins

E1999-01343-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:James B. Scott, Jr.
Anderson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Henderson vs. Dept. of Safety

M1999-01911-COA-R3-CV
Kenneth Henderson appeals pro se from an order of the Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissing his case for failure to prosecute his petition for review under Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-5-322 under which he sought judicial review of a judgment of Administrative Law Judge Marian Wall, which judgment had become final on December 29, 1995 with petition for reconsideration being denied on January 28, 1996. We affirm the action of the trial judge.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. David C. Vazquez

M1999-00211-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Wilson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Rickey Moorman v. Dept of Correction

M1999-02675-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the calculation of his sentence credits and his release eligibility date. After unsuccessfully petitioning for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment regarding his entitlement to sentence credits as well as a determination that he was entitled to immediate release. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion to dismiss, and the prisoner has appealed. We affirm the trial court's conclusion that the prisoner's petition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Joe Dyer vs. Bd. of Paroles

M1999-00787-COA-R3-CV
Joe P. Dyer, a prison inmate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a writ of common law certiorari to review denial of parole. The trial court granted the respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment and we affirm the action of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Jason C. Carter, et al

M1998-00798-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00