Ammons v. Longworth, 2019 WL 6034939 (Tenn. App. 2019)

Nov 14, 2019

OUTCOME: The Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed the trial court in a decision in favor of the plaintiff, represented by Mr. Vowell

The Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed the trial court with a decision that enabled the Plaintiff to recover a $193,000 judgment.

Williams v. SWS D/B/A Securewatch, 2019 WL 4740106 (Tenn. 2019)

Sep 20, 2019

OUTCOME: The trial court was reversed in this win by the plaintiff, represented by Mr. Vowell

The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered the reversal of the trial court’s ruling that the action was barred by the statute of limitations in this direct appeal to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that th ... e trial court had erroneously applied the “discovery rule” rather than the “last day worked rule.”

Copeland v. Healthsouth/Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital, 565 S.W.3d 260 (Tenn. 2018)

Dec 20, 2018

OUTCOME: Trial court and court of appeals were reversed in a win by the plaintiff represented by Mr. Vowell

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that an exculpatory clause in a medical transportation case was unenforceable because it was contrary to the public interest, with the Court adopting a new standard (t ... he “totality of the circumstances” test) for determining whether an exculpatory clause was valid. This was the Supreme Court’s first look at exculpatory clauses in 25 years.

Sherwood v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 842 F.3d 400 (6th Cir. 2016)

Nov 17, 2016

OUTCOME: The district court was reversed in this decision in favor of the plaintiffs, represented by Mr. Vowell

The 6th Circuit reversed the district court a second time in this important environmental law case, forcing TVA to suspend its new policy of cutting down all of the millions of trees in its right-of-wa ... y, many of them 50-100 years old.

Currence v. Harrogate Energy, LLC, 2015 WL 2257229 (Tenn. App. 2015)

May 11, 2015

OUTCOME: The court of appeals affirmed the trial court in a decision for the plaintiff, represented by Mr. Vowell

The Court of Appeals interpreted T.C.A. 66-5-108 to hold that the defendant had abandoned its claim to the mineral rights on the plaintiff's property.

Sherwood v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 590 Fed.Appx. 451 (6th Cir. 2014)

Oct 22, 2014

OUTCOME: The 6th Circuit reversed the district court in this win by the plaintiffs, represented by Mr. Vowell

The 6th Circuit reversed the district court to stop TVA’s implementation of what it called the 15-foot rule, a new policy that would have removed virtually all of the millions of trees in TVA’s 15,900 ... mile right-of-way.

Smith v. Sprint Communications Co., L.P., et al, 387 F.3d 612 (7th Cir. 2004)

Oct 19, 2004

OUTCOME: The 7th Circuit reversed the trial court in a win by the representative plaintiffs, represented by Mr. Vowell.

The 7th Circuit reversed the district court's approval of a disadvantageous settlement that would have destroyed the Tennessee fiber-optics class action litigation, with the Tennessee landowners receiv ... ing essentially nothing.

Buhl v. U.S. Sprint Communications Co., 840 S.W.2d 904 (Tenn. 1997)

Oct 26, 1992

OUTCOME: The trial court was reversed in a win by the representative plaintiffs represented by Mr. Vowell

This decision by the Tennessee Supreme Court established the landowners' right to receive just compensation when Sprint unlawfully took their land for its fiber-optics cable. Class action.

Sherwood v. TVA

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