Published opinions from 1995. The case name opens the case page.
December 28, 19951995 Tenn. LEXIS 789
The court held that Tennessee’s implied-consent law gives the law-enforcement officer, not the motorist, the authority to select the chemical test. Turner’s offer to submit to a blood test did not satisfy the statute because he refused the breath test selected and requested by the officer.
August 21, 19951995 Tenn. LEXIS 437
The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's determination that Timothy Michael Wilkerson, who drove the wrong way down a divided highway while intoxicated and killed one motorist and seriously injured others, is a 'dangerous offender' under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-115(b)(4).
May 30, 19951995 Tenn. LEXIS 272
The Tennessee Supreme Court held that the Carvells' legal malpractice action against attorneys Bottoms and Plant, filed May 23, 1990, was barred by the one-year statute of limitations because the plaintiffs knew or should have known they had suffered actual injury when they were sued for breach of warranty over the…
May 1, 19951995 Tenn. LEXIS 209
The Tennessee Supreme Court answered two certified questions, holding that (1) the affirmative defense of comparative fault is available in strict products‑liability actions, and (2) it also applies to enhanced‑injury claims even when the alleged defect did not cause the underlying accident.