Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tenn. Senate Votes to Repeal Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Apr 11 2007 // The Tennessee Senate voted 18-12 to rescind the state’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults. Any licensed motorcyclist at least 21 years old could opt not to wear a helmet under the bill sponsored by Sen. Tim...
Not So Fast: Tenn. Med-Mal Bill May Not Be Dead After All
Apr 2 2007 // Tennessee House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley has backed off his earlier threat to scuttle a proposed legislative compromise on medical malpractice lawsuits. The Senate Judiciary Committee last week advanced the medical...
Ill. House Approves Driving Certificates for Illegal Immigrants
Mar 30 2007 // The Illinois House voted Wednesday to give illegal immigrants a way to drive legally on the state’s roads, a move supporters say will be controversial but should improve highway safety. Illinois police organizations...
Tenn. House Leader Blames Republicans for Med Mal Failure
Mar 29 2007 // Tennessee House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley on Tuesday said a compromise over medical malpractice lawsuits will not be passed because Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris reneged on part of the agreement. Briley,...
Tenn. Officials Probe 35 Suspected Arsons in Memphis Since January
Mar 27 2007 // Fire officials are investigating 35 suspected arsons of vacant homes in the city since January. “It is possibly some gang involvement. Some of it may even be copy cats, people taking advantage of the times and what...
Tenn. Compromise Medical Malpractice Measure Stalls
Mar 26 2007 // It’s been more than two weeks since Tennessee lawmakers vowed to press ahead with a compromise over medical malpractice lawsuits without support from health care lobbyists. The measure hasn’t advanced much...
Tenn. bill seeks certification to reduce med-mal claims
Mar 26 2007 // Tennessee lawmakers are working on a compromise medical malpractice reform bill that wouldn’t set a cap on damages but would create a way to penalize lawyers who bring frivolous lawsuits. The compromise being...
Tenn. Schools Learn Improved Safety and Emergency Operations
Mar 7 2007 // Tennessee school officials attended a free seminar at Murfreesboro’s Middle Tennessee State University to learn about best practice school safety planning and sexual abuse prevention from members of Indiana...
Tenn. Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Mar 2 2007 // Tennessee authorities filed arson charges this week against four volunteer firefighters in connection with two house fires in Bell Buckle. Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said all suspects have confessed to parts of...
Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7
Feb 28 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual...
Tenn. Jury Awards $4.2 Million in Nursing Home Death
Feb 27 2007 // The surviving relatives of a man who died after being cared for in a nursing home have been awarded $4.2 million in compensatory damages, and the amount could be more if a judge’s ruling vacating punitive damages is...
USI Holdings Closes on Purchase of H.W. Gates Agency in Tenn.
Feb 27 2007 // USI Holdings Corp. announced the acquisition of Memphis, Tenn.-based H.W. Gates Agency, Inc., which serves the Memphis metro area. Gates is expected to contribute approximately $1.0 million of revenues to USI on an annual...
Appalachian Underwriters Expands in Tenn.
Feb 20 2007 // Insurance broker Appalachian Underwriters will double its Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley, Tenn., presence to more than 300 people over the next three years, company officials announced. As part of the expansion, the...
Tenn. Posting Doctors’ Malpractice Information Online
Feb 15 2007 // The state of Tennessee is now making sure doctors report all their malpractice claims so they can be posted on the Tennessee Department of Health’s Web site for the public to see. A recent investigation by WTVF-TV in...
Tenn. Rakes in Penalties from Workers’ Comp Complaints
Feb 9 2007 // Tennessee’s Workers Compensation Penalty Program has collected close to $300,000 in penalties from insurance carriers and employers since it was created in 2004, officials said. In its first year, the program...
New insurance commissioner in Tennessee
Jan 29 2007 // Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has named a Nashville attorney, Leslie Shechter Newman, as commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. She succeeds Paula Flowers, who recently resigned. Newman is a partner...
Business Moves
Jan 28 2007 // Goldman Sachs, USI Holdings Big insurance broker USI Holdings Corp. agreed to be acquired by GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs and Co., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion,...
News Currents
Jan 28 2007 // New insurance commissioner in Tennessee Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has named a Nashville attorney, Leslie Shechter Newman, as commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. She succeeds Paula Flowers, who...
Tenn. Traffic Deaths Down Since Enactment of DUI, Seat Belt Laws
Jan 25 2007 // Traffic fatalities in Tennessee have gone down slightly over the past two years following the passage of two important driver safety laws, according to preliminary statistics from 2006. The state lowered the minimum...
Tenn. Gov. Bredesen Names Newman as Insurance Commissioner
Jan 15 2007 // Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has named a Nashville attorney, Leslie Shechter Newman, as commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. She succeeds Paula Flowers, who recently resigned. Newman is a partner...
