In Tennessee breach of contract cases, the defense of unilateral mistake falls in the category of legal defenses (and claims) that are fairly often asserted, but rarely successful. Nevertheless, for lawyers who handle breach of contract cases in Tennessee, this is a defense that, in some cases, can be outcome…
Tennessee recognizes both a statutory and a common law cause of action for intentional interference with contract, also sometimes called procurement of breach of contract or tortious interference with contract. The statutory cause of action is found at Tenn. Code Ann. §47-50-109. To say that the public policy of Tennessee…
A recent case involving a non-competition agreement signed by a brick salesman proves the conclusion that, in many Tennessee non-competition agreement cases, the determination of whether or not a former employee should be bound by his or her non-compete agreement turns on very subjective considerations. In point of fact, in…
If you hire a will contest lawyer in Tennessee to defend a will which has been offered for probate and which is being challenged as invalid, or if you hire a lawyer to try to invalidate a will which has been offered for probate, will the attorneys’ fees of your…
Clients in breach of contract cases, as well as other cases involving business disputes, are often new to the litigation process and have questions about it. Common questions I receive at the outset of a case from clients are: How long will the case take? What happens after the complaint…
To recover in a breach of contract case in Tennessee, a party must prove that there was an enforceable contract. In Tennessee, an agreement must meet several requirements before it can be considered a legal contract. For example, there must have been a “meeting of the minds” between the parties…
Frequently in Tennessee, LLC members have to part ways. When that happens, it also may happen that one of the members will file a court action to have the limited liability company dissolved. Assuming that the LLC has assets, an issue that a Tennessee court is likely to have to…
A jury in Bradley County, Tennessee handed down substantial punitive damages award and compensatory damages award against Erie Insurance Exchange (“Erie”) in a case involving its failure to pay a claim for losses arising from vandalism and theft at apartment units which it insured. The case is a must read…
In probate litigation in Tennessee, disputes sometimes center on what the person who made the will (the “testator” or “testatrix”) meant in the will. Such litigation can fairly easily be avoided by careful will drafting. Nevertheless, wills are sometimes not sufficiently precise or are susceptible to different interpretations–particularly wills drafted…
There are many situations in which Tennessee courts have been able to impose resulting trusts to recover property for aggrieved parties when no other legal avenue was available to help. The law of resulting trusts, to boil it down to the point of over generalization, allows a court “to follow…