Appellate Practice
Tenn. High Court Hears Law Firm’s Plea for Judge’s Permanent Recusal
Posted Sep 5, 2008, 11:50 am CDT
By Martha Neil
A Greeneville, Tenn., law firm's effort to get a local judge to recuse himself permanently from its cases seemingly received a favorable reception today in a Tennessee Supreme Court hearing.
The firm, Rogers Laughlin Nunnally Hood & Crum, is appealing to the high court Circuit Judge John Wilson's refusal to recuse himself last year from hearing a Hawkins County personal injury case over a car's collision with a horse, in which they represented the plaintiff driver, recounts the Greeneville Sun.
Because of an alleged 25-year history of animosity between the judge and their law firm, the firm is asking not only that the supreme court find that Wilson should have recused himself from the personal injury case… Continue reading...
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