A lesbian mother of two is asking a Tennessee appellate court to remove a “paramour” clause in her child custody agreement that prevents her longtime partner from staying the night.
A neurologist who testified on behalf of a Tennessee woman convicted of killing a romantic rival says every killer he has ever examined shares three characteristics—and one of them is…
Two southern law firms based in Birmingham, Ala., and Nashville, Tenn., announced today they would merge to create a 350-lawyer firm with offices in four “strategic” states.
A Tennessee woman claims in a lawsuit that she suffered severe burns when coffee she bought at a Starbucks drive-up window spilled onto her hand and lap.
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.
After 25 years of periodic dispute between a Greeneville, Tenn., law firm and a local Greene County judge, the situation has heated up to a point where the state supreme…
More than a year ago, President George W. Bush nominated Gustavus Puryear IV to be a federal district judge in Nashville, Tenn. His nomination is supported by Republican Sens. Lamar…
When Ed Dossett died in 1992, only 44 years old and suffering from cancer, authorities said cattle had trampled the Knox County, Tenn., district attorney in an agricultural accident at…
Corrections Corp. of America, a private company that runs state prisons in Tennessee, is subject to the state’s open records law, a Chancery Court judge has ruled, because it is…
From $98 million to $20 million to $13.3 million to zero and now back to $13.4 million again, the value of a closely watched Tennessee wrongful death case against an…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a $13 million award of punitive damages against an automobile manufacturer in a closely watched case claiming that a dangerous minivan seat caused the…