All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2015 // A recent survey shows a decrease in seat belt use in Tennessee.The Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol announced that the statewide rate for the month of June is 86.2 percent, a decrease...
Aug 6 2015 // The Tennessee Attorney General’s opinion says private organizations can’t prevent licensed handgun permit holders from taking weapons into events the groups operate at public parks.The Tennessean reported the...
Jul 22 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that, in health care liability lawsuits, the obligation to disclose the number of violations of the certificate of good faith requirement does not compel any disclosure if there...
Jul 20 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that, in health care liability lawsuits, the obligation to disclose the number of violations of the certificate of good faith requirement does not compel any disclosure if there...
Jul 13 2015 // A lawyer says he has filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents who were evacuated when a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in East Tennessee on July 1.Maryville attorney Kevin Shepherd said...
Jul 9 2015 // Below is a summary of Tennessee legislation that pertains to insurance enacted in 2015.Uninsured Motorist, “James Lee Atwood Jr. Law” The James Lee Atwood Jr. Law, named for a driver who was killed by an...
Jul 9 2015 // The National Weather Service says it has confirmed five tornadoes touched down in Middle Tennessee during storms July 2. The Tennessean reports two tornadoes touched down in Wilson County, two in Old Hickory and one in Mt....
Jul 6 2015 // About 5,000 residents evacuated after the derailment of a freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas in eastern Tennessee were allowed home on Friday as investigators looked into the cause of the fiery...
Jul 6 2015 // Below is a summary of Tennessee legislation that pertains to insurance enacted in 2015.Public Chapter 152 – Enacts the “Protection of Volunteer-Insured Drivers of the Elderly (PROVIDE) Act.” Grants...
Jul 6 2015 // The James Lee Atwood Jr. Law, named for a driver who was killed by an uninsured motorist in the state in 2014, was met with little resistance by Tennessee lawmakers and signed by Gov. Bill Haslam on May 20.The bill...
Jul 2 2015 // Authorities say a truck driver who slammed into numerous stopped cars outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, killing six, had been cited for careless driving in Florida the previous day.According to a Florida Highway...
Jun 17 2015 // Officials in Sullivan County, Tenn., are looking to change how some drunken driving arrests are made after finding a “deficiency” in the criminal process that has led to charges being dismissed in several cases...
Jun 15 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that an employee must report an employer’s wrongful activity to someone other than the wrongdoer in order to qualify as a whistleblower.The court affirmed the dismissal of a...
Jun 15 2015 // A South Carolina lawmaker has introduced workers’ compensation option legislation that would allow qualified businesses in the state to offer their own injury benefit plan to employees. The state is the second one...
Jun 10 2015 // A South Carolina lawmaker has introduced workers’ compensation option legislation that would allow qualified businesses in the state to offer their own injury benefit plan to employees. The state is the second one...
Jun 9 2015 // The former Chattanooga State Community College director of police services has filed lawsuit claiming she was discriminated against by one of her former bosses and eventually fired on trumped up charges.The lawsuit says...
Jun 1 2015 // Legislation seeking to provide Tennessee employers with an option to the current workers’ compensation system has been amended and deferred to the next legislative session.State Sen. Mark Green, who authored the...
May 29 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court recently ruled that an employee must report an employer’s wrongful activity to someone other than the wrongdoer in order to qualify as a whistleblower.The court affirmed the dismissal of a...
May 15 2015 // Authorities in Tennessee say a group said to support the Islamic State militant group hacked the website of a popular Nashville music venue.Multiple news outlets report the website for the Douglas Corner Cafe was hacked by...
May 13 2015 // A woman is in the hospital being treated for burns after a boat exploded at the gas dock of a west Tennessee marina. Multiple news outlets report the explosion happened Sunday morning at Concord Marina in west Knoxville....