Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tennessee Unveils Plan to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
Jun 5 2014 // Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Douglas Varney this week unveiled a multi-year plan to fight prescription drug abuse in Tennessee. The state estimates that in the past year,...
S&P Loses Bid to Keep 16 States’ Lawsuits Over Ratings in Federal Court
Jun 5 2014 // Standard & Poor’s suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. states and...
3 Tennessee Supreme Court Incumbents Report on Fundraising
Jun 4 2014 // The coordinated campaign of three incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court justices announced this week that it has raised $600,000 for the effort to keep them on the bench for eight more years. The effort called Keep Tennessee...
Tennessee Adjuster Readies for Lengthy Legal Battle with Nationwide Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
Jun 2 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
Crews Fill Sinkhole at Tennessee Stadium
May 21 2014 // Construction crews in Tennessee are working to fill a sinkhole that opened at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium. The Leaf-Chronicle reported the sinkhole started out small, about 3 feet by 5 feet, but...
Conservatives Targeting 3 Tennessee Supreme Court Justices
May 15 2014 // Tennessee could be facing the costliest state Supreme Court election in its history now that conservatives have targeted three sitting justices on the state’s highest court. Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville,...
Adjuster Hunkers Down for Lengthy Battle with Nationwide Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
May 13 2014 // A Tennessee adjuster sued by Nationwide Insurance for alleged trademark infringement because he used the company’s slogan, On Your Side, in his firm’s name and marketing, is fighting back in court and on the...
Motorists Mutual to Acquire Tennessee Company, Consumers Insurance USA
May 12 2014 // Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA based in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorists Mutual under the...
Tennessee Supreme Court Reinstates Malpractice Suit
Apr 28 2014 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a medical malpractice lawsuit that had been thrown out by lower courts because the plaintiff failed to file paperwork to confirm it had met notice requirements. Richard Thurmond,...
Tennessee Colleges Report Drop in Crime
Apr 9 2014 // A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report says overall crime on college campuses has dropped by more than 11 percent. The Chattanooga Times Free Press cited the data in reporting that the number of assaults and thefts...
Tennessee Bill to Repeal Motorcycle Helmet Law Fails
Mar 27 2014 // The latest effort to get rid of Tennessee’s motorcycle helmet requirement has failed in a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 6-5 against the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Bell of...
Tennessee Fire Marshal Urges Caution With Home Medical Oxygen
Mar 24 2014 // Officials say fire departments across Tennessee reported 18 fires involving portable oxygen tanks in the past five years, leading to a warning from the state fire marshal WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, reports that seven...
Adjuster, Nationwide Mutual Take Sides Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
Mar 24 2014 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., which has used the “On Your Side” slogan in its marketing and advertising since 1966, is suing a small Tennessee public adjusting firm that goes by the name On Your Side...
Judge Orders Tennessee to Honor 3 Out-of-State Gay Marriages
Mar 17 2014 // A federal judge ordered the state of Tennessee on Friday to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples while their lawsuit against the state works its way through the court system. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger...
N.Y.-Based Russell Bond Expands Operations to Tennessee
Mar 13 2014 // Russell Bond & Co. Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Philip C. Wilson has joined the firm as a broker.Philip C. WilsonBased in Nashville, Tenn., Wilson will focus on providing services...
Tennessee: Use of Transportation Networks Could Lead to Auto Coverage Gaps
Mar 12 2014 // Tennessee regulators are warning automobile policyholders that participating in transportation network companies could lead to gaps in their coverage and leave them exposed to monetary damages from an...
Adjuster, Nationwide Mutual Take Sides Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan
Mar 6 2014 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., which has used the “On Your Side” slogan in its marketing and advertising since 1966, is suing a small Tennessee public adjusting firm that goes by the name On Your Side...
Probe Concludes Blast at Tennessee Flare Plant Accidental
Mar 3 2014 // A deadly explosion at a military flare plant in West Tennessee was an accident and not caused by a criminal act, according to federal investigators. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the Feb. 22...
Ex-Tennessee Senator Pleads Guilty to Theft in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 3 2014 // Former Democratic Tennessee state Sen. Eric Stewart has pleaded guilty to a theft charge. Media reports said Stewart agreed last Thursday to the judicial diversion plea in Franklin County Circuit Court. Originally, he had...
Employee Dies from Injuries in Tennessee Plant Blast
Feb 26 2014 // A West Tennessee sheriff said an employee who was severely injured in a manufacturing plant explosion has died. Hardeman County Sheriff John Doolen told WMC-TV that Michael Chism, who was burned over 90 percent of his body...
