The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently upheld the Davidson County Chancellor Carol McCoy’s ruling that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover attorneys’ fees and costs associated with filing a lawsuit to obtain public records from the Metro-Nashville Police Department (MNPD). In Custis v. Metro. Nashville Police Department, the plaintiff (through her attorney) had submitted an
Many people choose to plan for their eventual passing by executing an estate plan through a will or living trust. Whether you have made such arrangements or not, it is important that you consider what to do with your “digital estate” upon your passing. It is no longer a matter of simply choosing who gets
The underlying issue in this case is whether a police officer that had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his military service in Iraq could be terminated as being unfit for duty. Procedurally, this case raises several issues related to the complexity of employment decisions by municipalities, particularly police offices, in