Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tennessee Woman Sues City Over Gun Ban at County Fair
Oct 15 2015 // A Loudon County, Tennessee, woman is suing the city of Knoxville over its decision to ban guns at Chilhowee Park during last month’s Tennessee Valley Fair. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Pandora Vreeland claims...
ProPublica, NPR: Inside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission. Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
Tennessee Dissolves Residual Workers’ Comp Reinsurance Plan
Oct 9 2015 // The Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan (TWCIP) reinsurance mechanism has been dissolved as part of the state’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new residual...
Willis Names Perry VP of Human Capital Practice in Tennessee
Oct 5 2015 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, has appointed of Ken Perry as vice president of the Human Capital Practice, Willis of Tennessee, effective immediately. Based in Knoxville, Perry will be...
VW Reports Business-as-Usual at Tennessee Plant Despite Scandal
Oct 2 2015 // Inside Volkswagen’s only U.S. assembly plant there’s little hint of the diesel emissions cheating scandal embroiling the German automaker around the world. Sparks fly off robotic welding arms, new versions of...
Tennessee Reports Increase in Opioid-Related Deaths in 2014
Oct 2 2015 // Statistics from the Tennessee Department of Health revealed that 1,263 Tennesseans died in 2014 from opioid overdoses despite measures designed to stop the addiction. In 2014, the state saw 97 more deaths caused by opioid...
Widow of Tennessee Man Who Died in Custody Sues for $1M
Sep 24 2015 // The wife of a man who died in custody at the Kingsport City Jail has filed a $1 million wrongful death suit. WJHL-TV reports Benjamin Honaker was arrested on Sept. 19, 2014, following a car crash. Officers said Honaker had...
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for Insurer in Assignment of Benefits Case
Sep 21 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision that a chiropractic patient’s assignment of benefits was not an effective assignment of his insurance proceeds from a third party’s insurance...
Tennessee Supreme Court to Decide Police Power During Traffic Stops
Sep 11 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing two cases that could have justices deciding how many times drivers have to cross a painted line on the road before officers can pull them over. The two driving under the influence...
Tenn. Highway Patrol Says Fewer Traffic Deaths Reported So Far in 2015
Sep 7 2015 // The Tennessee Highway Patrol says fewer traffic-related deaths are being reported on roadways so far this year. WBIR-TV reports that as of Aug. 11, there had been 50 fewer deaths reported than last year in the same time...
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for Insurer in Assignment of Benefits Case
Sep 3 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that a chiropractic patient’s assignment of benefits was not an effective assignment of his rights to insurance proceeds from a third party’s...
Tennessee Teen Says Siri Called Emergency Dispatchers and Saved His Life
Aug 21 2015 // A Middle Tennessee teen is alive, thanks to Siri. Eighteen-year-old Sam Ray of Waterhill, Tennessee, says the voice recognition service on his iPhone — famously named Siri — called emergency dispatchers after...
Tenn. Highway Patrol Says Fewer Traffic Deaths Reported So Far This Year
Aug 17 2015 // The Tennessee Highway Patrol says fewer traffic-related deaths are being reported on roadways so far this year. WBIR-TV reports that that as of Aug. 11, there had been 50 fewer deaths than reported last year in the same...
Survey: Decrease in Seat Belt Use in Tennessee
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...
Tennessee Attorney General: Private Groups Can’t Ban Guns in Parks
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...
Tennessee High Court Upholds Dismissal of Health Care Liability Suit Without Prejudice
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...
Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Health Care Liability Lawsuit
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...
Lawsuit Filed Over Evacuations in Tennessee Train Derailment
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...
2015 Tennessee Insurance Legislation Wrap-Up
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...
5 Tornadoes Confirmed in Middle Tennessee
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....
