The recent Tennessee Court of Appeals case of Bancorpsouth Bank v. 51 Concrete, LLC provides a good analysis of the principles for an award of prejudgment interest but an even better argument for reasonable settlement of claims… Background This was the third...
[Excerpted from materials presented at the Tennessee Appellate Academy in Memphis, Tennessee on April 1.] Can you change a judge’s mind at oral argument? If you are committed to doing one, the only attitude to take is that you can; any other assumption is both...