The team at Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella, PC shares updates and thoughts on developments in the law.
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Preemption Rule Not Compatible with Comparative Fault
The “preemption rule,” which has been adopted in a number of jurisdictions around the country, limits injured plaintiffs’ ability to prove wrongdoing against employers because, so long as an employer admits that it is vicariously liable for an employee’s negligence, the employer’s own potential acts of misconduct for negligent supervision, hiring, training, or entrustment are not disclosed to...
read moreSupreme Court Reaffirms Collateral Source Rule
On June 2, 2016, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Dedmon v. Steelman, an opinion which was a shot heard around the State of Tennessee regarding its possible impact on the collateral source rule in Tennessee in thousands of personal injury cases. The majority opinion was authored by Judge Brandon Gibson, with a concurrence by Special Judge Joe G. Riley. The impact of...
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