State of Tennessee v. Gabriel Demon Williams
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2011-02092-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
Originating Judge: Judge Rebecca J. Stern
Date Filed: Friday, July 20, 2012
The Defendant, Gabriel Demon Williams, pled guilty to aggravated burglary, and the trial court sentenced him to five years of split confinement, with eleven months and twenty-nine days to be served in jail followed by intensive probation. The Defendant’s probation officer filed a probation violation warrant that alleged that the Defendant had violated the terms of his probation by being arrested for aggravated assault and driving on a suspended license. After a hearing, the trial court revoked the Defendant’s probation and ordered the Defendant to serve the balance of his sentence in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court improperly considered hearsay evidence during the revocation hearing and that its revocation order is contrary to the evidence. After reviewing the record, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Mickel Hoback v. City of Chattanooga
Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2011-00484-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Herschel Franks
Originating Judge: Chancellor Jeffrey M. Atherton
Date Filed: Monday, July 23, 2012
The City Commission terminated plaintiff as a police officer. He then filed a certiorari petition to the Chancery Court, where the Chancellor held that the Commission applied the wrong legal standard to the case, and the Chancellor reversed the Commission and ordered plaintiff to be reinstated as a policeman. On appeal, we affirm the Trial Court’s ruling that the Commission applied the wrong legal standard to the facts of the case, but vacate the reinstatement of the officer and remand to the City Commission to apply the proper legal standards in a new trial in plaintiff’s case.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Mark L. Holton, et al
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2012-01103-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge: Judge W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth
Date Filed: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The defendants filed a notice of appeal in the trial court seeking to appeal the court’s order of May 11, 2012. That order is not a final judgment. Accordingly, the defendants’ putative appeal is hereby dismissed.
J.M. Hanner Construction Co. v. Thomas Brothers Construction Co.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2011-01641-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge John W. McClarty
Originating Judge: Judge W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth
Date Filed: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The plaintiff filed suit against the defendants to recover monies alleged to be due the plaintiff on two construction projections. The first complaint was involuntarily dismissed. The defendants averred that the plaintiff’s claims against them in the second complaint are barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The trial court found that the involuntary dismissal was not an adjudication on the merits. The defendants pursued this interlocutory appeal. We affirm the decision of the trial court.
Norma O’Neal v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., et al
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2012-00028-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Per Curiam
Originating Judge:
Date Filed: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
On May 23, 2012, this Court entered an order directing Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“Defendant”) to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as premature. Defendant responded to the show cause order and admitted that claims under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act remain outstanding. We dismiss this appeal for lack of a final judgment.