All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2013 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a $43.8 million verdict for a Memphis child who was paralyzed in an auto accident.According to court records, Billy Meals was 6 years old on Jan. 18, 2002. He was riding in the...
Sep 6 2013 // Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries.Chris Walker and Ben Martin, who...
Aug 29 2013 // Keystone Insurers Group said Covington, Tenn.-based agency Jamieson & Fisher Inc. has become its 21st franchise partner in the state. The announcement was made by Jamieson & Fisher President Ed Kaiser and Keystone...
Aug 12 2013 // Unusually heavy summer rainfalls in Tennessee have given the agencies involved in flood control and emergency management a chance to show that they have learned to cooperate after the disastrous missteps of...
Jul 29 2013 // Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week.Tennessee...
Jul 23 2013 // This is why they call it a flash flood.A rainy night in South Pittsburg, Tenn., on July 10 quickly turned into something legendary. Relentless rains spawned a newborn river that decided to make its way right through...
Jul 22 2013 // A man who used a Memphis fitness club linked to cases of Legionnaires’ disease has filed a $2 million lawsuit.The Commercial Appeal reported attorney Sadler Bailey filed the negligence suit in Shelby County Circuit...
Jul 19 2013 // The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is holding a series of 14 seminars across the state to explain the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act of 2013.The new law removes injured workers’...
Jul 2 2013 // Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has named Abbie Hudgens as the head of the state’s new Workers’ Compensation Division. Hudgens, who had already been focusing on injured workers issues within the state Department of...
Jun 21 2013 // Changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system is the focus of the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference this week.The three-day conference began on Wednesday at the Nashville...
Jun 18 2013 // With the weather reaching sweltering temperatures this summer, it is important to have a working, reliable air conditioning unit. But scam artists often use the rise in temperatures to take advantage of consumers by...
Jun 14 2013 // The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy said it has adopted new regulations for compounding pharmacies licensed by the state following recent outbreaks of illnesses associated with tainted medicines created at these specialty...
Jun 5 2013 // A federal judge will rule in coming weeks whether the families of two Tennessee National Guard members can sue the makers of a helicopter in which the soldiers died.According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, the case...
May 21 2013 // A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety.Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens...
May 20 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...
May 9 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...
May 7 2013 // The battle against prescription drug abuse in Tennessee is constantly being fought by officers and lawmakers.The Commercial Appeal reported that 79 of the 92 drug-related deaths in Shelby County in 2010 can be attributed...
May 3 2013 // The parents of a Tennessee State football player who died after collapsing during a practice last fall are suing the university for wrongful death.Wayne Jones III, a 19-year-old walk-on freshman defensive back, died Nov. 7...
Apr 26 2013 // FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., has launched a new small business owner policy, FirstComp EssentialBOP, for FirstComp-appointed independent agents writing business in Nebraska and Tennessee. Availability in...
Apr 24 2013 // Flood warnings have been issued in Tennessee and Kentucky as the Mississippi River starts to slowly rise from northern floodwaters, but officials say the rising water should not have a significant impact. Marlene...