Updates
Mary Beth White spoke at the Tennessee Trucking Association Annual Convention recently on Tort Reform: Taking the Offense. Mary Beth focuses her practice on commercial and business litigation, with a…
Justin Joy spoke at the Medical Professional Liability Association’s Claims and Risk Management/Patient Safety Workshop recently on Mitigating and Covering Current Cyber Risk Facing Independent Medical Practices. He spoke on…
Maggie Roney and Kent Francis recently obtained a defense verdict in a healthcare liability case that was tried in Shelby County Circuit Court. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant surgeon…
Members of Lewis Thomason’s employment team recently spoke at UT Battelle’s Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium. Janet Hayes, chair of the firm’s Employment Practice Group, spoke on “The Supreme…
Lewis Thomason recently lost our long-time partner and friend, Ray Babaoglu. Ray attended Memphis State University College of Law, where he earned his JD in 1974. It was there his…
Congratulations to Kevin Baskette and Patrick Quinn who earned a jury verdict for their clients in a health care liability case filed in Shelby County Circuit Court. The clients were…
Meagan Collver, Special Counsel in Lewis Thomason’s Knoxville office, spoke at Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Knoxville on September 8, 2023 on the topic of STARK…
Chris McCarty recently presented to the Tennessee Association of School Business Officials on the New Parental Leave Act which allows the substitution of up to 12 weeks of paid parental…
Lewis Thomason shareholder Heidi Barcus recently spoke to University of Tennessee surgical residents and fellows about navigating the legal system. For over 25 years, Heidi has represented hospitals, physicians, nurses,…
Several members of Lewis Thomason’s Hospitality Practice Group attended ALFA International’s recent regional seminar. John Tarpley spoke on high stakes mediations and early settlement protocols. John is a strong advocate…
Congratulations to the defense team of Isaac Lew and Nic Vescovo. They won a defense verdict in a six-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the Western…
Economic loss rule bars tort claims arising under construction contracts negotiated between sophisticated commercial entities. For years, the economic loss rule (or economic loss doctrine) has applied to limit a…