Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Still Cleaning Up After April’s Tornadoes
Aug 12 2011 // The Rev. Bill Akers stood in a yard in Lookout Valley, pointing across a small valley at two stumps, gnarled remnants rising out of barren dirt in a place once flush with trees. Just a few hundred yards away, brush lined...
Tennessee Reopens for Business from Captive Insurers
Aug 5 2011 // Applications are now being accepted in Tennessee for firms looking to create captive insurers under the state’s revised law. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance released a new application form for...
Judge Tosses Tennessee Cheerleaders’ Damages Lawsuit
Aug 4 2011 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by three former high school cheerleaders who were kicked off the squad for underage drinking. The damage suit filed by parents of the former cheerleaders at Ooltewah High School...
Hylant Group Names Riley President of Nashville Office
Jul 28 2011 // Ohio-based independent broker Hylant Group has named industry Kimberly L. Riley as president of its Nashville, Tennessee office. Riley will be responsible for the overall management, direction and growth of the...
Business Moves
Jul 18 2011 // Esurance, Security First Esurance, the online car insurance company, said that it is partnering with Security First Insurance Co. as an underwriter to offer homeowners insurance in Florida. The move comes a little more...
Keystone Signs New Tennessee Franchise Partner
Jul 7 2011 // Swallows Agencies of Cookeville has become a franchise partner of Keystone Insurers Group in Tennessee. The Swallows Agencies has four locations in north central Tennessee: Cookeville, Sparta, Livingston and...
Tennessee Workers’ Comp Law on Drug Testing Takes Effect
Jul 5 2011 // A new workers’ compensation law on drug testing became effective, July 1, in Tennessee. Supported by the state’s business community, the new law changes the standard of proof workers must meet to prove that a...
Tennessee Caps Damage Awards
Jul 4 2011 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure to cap payouts for medical malpractice and other civil cases. The law places a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. The cap will be raised to $1...
Tennessee House: 2 Fires, Same Night, Different Causes
Jun 30 2011 // Tennessee officials said two fires at the same house in Carter County on the same night had different causes. Firefighters went to Carol Dean Fields’ house Monday evening when flames broke out in a bedroom. Officials...
Traffic Tickets to Cost Tennesseans More
Jun 27 2011 // Tennesseans could be charged up to nearly $70 more for traffic tickets under a new state law that takes effect next month and is intended to fund crime lab services for law enforcement agencies. The law that takes effect...
Tennessee Aquarium Sued Over Child’s Bacterial Infection
Jun 27 2011 // The parents of a child who developed a bacterial infection after petting stingrays and sharks at Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $2.4 million. Spokesman Thom Benson said that...
PIA of Tennessee Names Paris as Chief Executive
Jun 24 2011 // Brennan J. Paris has been named the new executive vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Tennessee. He is the sixth executive leader in the history of the association. Prior to joining PIA, Paris...
Tennessee Officials Worried Over Increasing Number of Abandoned Homes
Jun 22 2011 // Officials in Washington County, Tennessee are trying to decide the best way to deal with the growing number of abandoned homes. Of particular concern to officials is that property owners could stop caring for the upkeep of...
Effects of Tennessee Law Restricting Anti-Discrimination Rules Debated
Jun 21 2011 // A lawsuit filed in Nashville challenging a new state law says the legislation voids school board policies that protect gay and lesbian students from bullying and harassment, but the law’s sponsor disagrees. The law...
Tennessee Caps Awards in Malpractice, Civil Damage Cases
Jun 20 2011 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure to cap payouts for medical malpractice and other civil cases that he said is good for business in the state. The law places a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages such as...
Is Paternity Fraud a Grounds for Lawsuit?
Jun 20 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could decide whether a man has legal grounds to sue for being duped into supporting a child that turns out to be fathered by someone else. Legal experts believe it...
Tennessee Governor Signs Captive Insurance Law
Jun 16 2011 // In a move that business groups say could change the risk management operations of many corporations, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law a bill allowing for the creation of captive insurers. Backed by Tennessee...
Suit Challenges Tennessee’s Law Against Broadening Anti-Discrimination Rules
Jun 15 2011 // Tennessee cities and counties that want to make it tougher to discriminate against gays and lesbians face a stumbling block under a new state law, and now some Nashville city councilmembers and others are suing to...
Tennessee High Court Agrees Judge Took Too Long
Jun 13 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the Court of the Judiciary’s decision that Cocke County General Sessions Judge John A. Bell took too long to decide a personal injury case and related accusations. The high...
Tennessee Jury Awards $200K in Sexual Bullying Case
Jun 13 2011 // Two mothers who claimed their sons were sexually bullied have won a lawsuit against the Wayne County, Tennessee schools and have been awarded $100,000 each. The women said the boys were humiliated in a locker room at...
