Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Crichton Group Adds Five to Tennessee Agency
Apr 13 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has added five new employees to its team: Beth McKay, has been named new benefits administration supervisor; Jeff Corvin, has been named account...
Tennessee Governor Signs Worker Guns-in-Parking-Lots Bill
Apr 13 2015 // Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation that allows workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots. Both chambers overwhelmingly passed the measure despite opposition from...
Tennessee Supreme Court to Create Business Court Pilot Project
Apr 6 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has created a new business court pilot project aimed at making complex commercial litigation more efficient. The new pilot court will be located in Nashville and be overseen by Davidson County...
Tennessee Judge: Comp Benefit Limits for Undocumented Workers Unconstitutional
Apr 2 2015 // A Nashville judge has found to be unconstitutional a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the country illegally can receive. The ruling stems from the case of a...
Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Update to Guns in Company Parking Lots Bill
Mar 25 2015 // The Tennessee state Legislature passed a bill this week allowing workers to sue their employers if they are fired for storing guns in cars parked on company lots. The Senate passed the measure on a 28-5 vote, and the House...
Tennessee Hospital Patient Information Found in Public Recycling Bin
Mar 23 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says its Office of Licensure is investigating after paperwork from a Franklin mental health facility was found in a public recycling bin. The...
Tennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages Is Unconstitutional
Mar 23 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that Hamilton County Circuit Judge W. Neil Thomas issued...
Tennessee Weighs Workers’ Compensation ‘Option’ Legislation
Mar 23 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own alternative workers’ compensation insurance through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative. State Sen. Mark Green and Rep....
Tennessee Supreme Court to Create Business Court Pilot Project
Mar 20 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has announced the creation of a new business court pilot project that aims to make complex commercial litigation more efficient. The new pilot court will be located in Nashville and be overseen...
Feds: $17.5M Tennessee Prescription Pill Ring Unprecedented
Mar 17 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a 51-year-old woman recently arrested in a prescription pill sting was running one of the biggest illegal drug networks east Tennessee has ever seen. Prosecutors were in federal court Friday in an...
Tennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages is Unconstitutional
Mar 11 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps the amount of money someone can win in a personal injury lawsuit for noneconomic damages is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that on Monday,...
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Work Comp ‘Option’ Legislation
Mar 6 2015 // Tennessee may soon have its own answer to an alternative workers’ compensation insurance option through new legislation by Republican lawmakers known as the Tennessee Employee Injury Benefit Alternative. Tennessee...
Low Water Levels at Tennessee’s Boone Lake Concern Nearby Business Owners
Mar 3 2015 // Business owners around Boone Lake worry they might be left high and dry this summer with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s sustained drawdown of the lake. The Johnson City Press reported that TVA has announced that...
Report: Tennessee DUI Arrests up in 2014
Feb 4 2015 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says there were more Tennessee residents charged with driving under the influence in 2014 than 2013. The report, which must be submitted to lawmakers, says law enforcement...
Tennessee’s Crichton Group Makes Staff Changes, Names New Partner
Jan 23 2015 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has appointed a new partner and a new director of risk management. In addition, it has also added an account executive and an account manager to its...
Tennessee Environmental Agency Sues TVA Over Coal Ash at Gallatin Plant
Jan 14 2015 // The Tennessee state agency charged with protecting the environment is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin. The lawsuit, filed January 7 by the Tennessee Dept. of...
Traffic Deaths Decline in Tennessee
Jan 13 2015 // The Department of Safety and Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation reported 961 traffic deaths in 2014 — 35 fewer than in 2013, when 995 fatalities were recorded. A joint statement from the agencies says...
Tennessee Officials Warn Dried-Out Christmas Trees Pose Fire Risk
Dec 23 2014 // Tennessee’s state fire officials are reminding Tennesseans with natural, fresh-cut Christmas trees to keep them in water because of the fire risk posed if they dry out. Gary West is deputy commissioner of the...
School Bus Driver Licensing Questioned in Tennessee
Dec 18 2014 // Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre has ordered a full review of all licensing documents for school bus drivers after questions arose about the qualifications of a driver involved in a fatal crash. The...
People – Southeast
Dec 15 2014 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has named Hilary Segura and Logan McFaddin to its state government relations team. Segura and McFaddin assume regional staff duties overseeing states in the...
