Chuck Cagle joined Ben Torres of the Tennessee School Boards Association in a school board member webinar on the new COVID law on Friday, November 5.

Last week Steve Vescovo gave a presentation on liquor liability in Tennessee for insurance brokers and agents for USLI and NorthPoint Underwriters of Georgia. He discussed how liquor establishments can reduce their risk and exposure for a third-party claim under the Tennessee Dram Shop Law.

Glenn Walter, proud Grandpa holding his granddaughter, Addison Cinclair Shackelford. Glenn is a shareholder in the Knoxville office.

From Lewis Thomason Employment Group On Thursday, the Biden Administration unveiled the long-awaited OSHA rules requiring large employers to mandate their employees receive the COVID-19 vaccination or submit to weekly tests. Here are five key takeaways for employers from the OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS). For a more thorough breakdown of the ETS’s requirements, click here.  The new rules apply to … Read More

Earlier this week Chuck Cagle appeared on a Tennessee SCORE program related to the history of school funding reform in Tennessee. The program also covered anticipated changes in school funding resulting from current efforts to update and reform the state’s education funding formula. See Chuck’s appearance on the video below.

Sarah Sheppard was recently invited to speak at the Tennessee Judicial Conference at their fall meeting in Chattanooga. She spoke on Recent Developments in Civil Law.

Chuck Cagle and Katherine Kimmel led three combined sessions of the Superintendent Leadership Institute and the Administrator Leadership Institute for the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents. There were over 300 participants at each session. The sessions covered new legislation, school board purchasing and bidding, a “school law primer” on laws that affect the daily operation of schools, and pending COVID … Read More

Congratulations to Glenn Walter who successfully tried a case this week in Roane County Chancery Court. The Plaintiff claimed damages to the home he rented to our client. However, after hearing all the evidence, the Judge ruled in our client’s favor and entered judgment against the plaintiff. 

Congratulations to Chris McCarty, Janet Hayes, and Sallie Neese on their win in a contested hearing before an impartial hearing officer. The hearing officer upheld the dismissal of a tenured teacher in an East Tennessee school system. The hearing officer found that the Director of Schools met his burden of establishing grounds for terminating the teacher for insubordination and unprofessional conduct.

Congratulations to the Lewis Thomason appellate team of Janet Hayes and Chris McCarty on another win before the Tennessee Court of Appeals. In this matter, a tenured teacher appealed his dismissal for unprofessional conduct and insubordination, contending the decision of the local Board of Education lacked sufficient evidentiary support, was arbitrary and capricious, and was in violation of his constitutional and … Read More