Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Tornado Victim Had Stolen Goods in Home: Police
Aug 4 2014 // When neighbors in Kingsport, Tennessee went to help a man whose home bore the brunt of a tornado, they made a discovery police say couldn’t have been caused by the wind. Police spokesman Thomas Patton told WBIR-TV in...
Weekend Storm Destroys Homes in Tennessee; No Injuries Reported
Jul 29 2014 // Powerful storms that raked across several states in the eastern U.S. on Sunday destroyed at least 10 homes in Tennessee, but there were no immediate reports of any deaths or injuries, authorities said. Spokeswoman Gina...
Surplus Lines Tax Sharing Solution Still Up for Debate
Jul 21 2014 // Things have changed a bit for the surplus lines industry since the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, (NRRA) part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation, passed in 2010. The NRRA’s implementation has...
Litigation Finance Firm Blames Tenn. Law for Exit
Jul 21 2014 // A litigation funding firm said it is leaving Tennessee as the state now regulates their business of loaning money to consumers bringing lawsuits. Illinois-based Oasis Legal Finance, one of the country’s largest...
Southeast Has Higher Tornado Fatality Risk Than Midwest
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Litigation Financing Firm Exits Tennessee As New Law Goes Into Effect
Jul 3 2014 // A litigation funding firm said it is leaving Tennessee as the state now requires firms like his to register and regulates their business of loaning money to consumers bringing lawsuits. Illinois-based Oasis Legal Finance,...
Tennessee City Finds More Drivers Speeding After Cameras Disabled
Jun 19 2014 // A study has found that the number of speeding motorists increased immediately following a decision to disable traffic cameras in Oak Ridge. The study by Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. was done at the city’s request...
Report Questions Jail Time ‘Anomaly’ in Tennessee’s Drunk Driving Law
Jun 18 2014 // A newspaper investigation has found that Tennessee has a loophole in its drunken driving law. The Commercial Appeal reported that its analysis found that a person could potentially spend more time in jail for driving drunk...
Tennessee Targets Workers’ Comp Fraud in Construction Industry
Jun 6 2014 // The Tennessee Department of Labor has been expanding efforts to uncover employer fraud within the construction industry. The efforts, aided by recent legislation, will help identify employers who are paying workers under...
Tennessee Unveils Plan to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
Jun 5 2014 // Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Douglas Varney this week unveiled a multi-year plan to fight prescription drug abuse in Tennessee. The state estimates that in the past year,...
S&P Loses Bid to Keep 16 States’ Lawsuits Over Ratings in Federal Court
Jun 5 2014 // Standard & Poor’s suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. states and...
3 Tennessee Supreme Court Incumbents Report on Fundraising
Jun 4 2014 // The coordinated campaign of three incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court justices announced this week that it has raised $600,000 for the effort to keep them on the bench for eight more years. The effort called Keep Tennessee...
Tennessee Adjuster Readies for Lengthy Legal Battle with Nationwide Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
Jun 2 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
Crews Fill Sinkhole at Tennessee Stadium
May 21 2014 // Construction crews in Tennessee are working to fill a sinkhole that opened at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium. The Leaf-Chronicle reported the sinkhole started out small, about 3 feet by 5 feet, but...
Conservatives Targeting 3 Tennessee Supreme Court Justices
May 15 2014 // Tennessee could be facing the costliest state Supreme Court election in its history now that conservatives have targeted three sitting justices on the state’s highest court. Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville,...
Adjuster Hunkers Down for Lengthy Battle with Nationwide Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
May 13 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
Motorists Mutual to Acquire Tennessee Company, Consumers Insurance USA
May 12 2014 // Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA based in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorists Mutual under the...
Tennessee Supreme Court Reinstates Malpractice Suit
Apr 28 2014 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a medical malpractice lawsuit that had been thrown out by lower courts because the plaintiff failed to file paperwork to confirm it had met notice requirements. Richard Thurmond,...
Tennessee Colleges Report Drop in Crime
Apr 9 2014 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says overall crime on college campuses has dropped by more than 11 percent. The Chattanooga Times Free Press cited the data in reporting that the number of assaults and thefts...
Tennessee Bill to Repeal Motorcycle Helmet Law Fails
Mar 27 2014 // The latest effort to get rid of Tennessee’s motorcycle helmet requirement has failed in a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 6-5 against the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Bell of...
