Weather Alert
.FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM CDT FRIDAY.
.FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM CDT FRIDAY.
The Flash Flood Watch continues for The entire Middle Tennessee area, including the following
counties, Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland,
Davidson, De Kalb, Dickson, Fentress, Giles, Grundy, Hickman,
Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Macon, Marshall,
Maury, Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson,
Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren,
Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson, and Wilson. Through 1 AM CDT Friday Morning Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall from 1 AM CDT Thursday through
1 AM CDT Friday will cause excessive rainfall amounts of 1 to 3
Tennnessee High Court: Presumption Law Protects Agents, Carriers
Under Tennessee law, policyholders who pay their premiums create a legal presumption that they have accepted the terms of coverage. The statute limits lawsuits by underinsured policyholders who thought they had enough coverage but found after a loss that they did not.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled this month that the presumption created by Tennessee Code Annotated Section 56-7-135(b) applies to insurance agents as well as insurance carriers.
The high court reversed the Court of Appeals and granted summary judgment against a lawsuit filed by a couple who say they their insurance agent for excess uninsured motorist coverage when they bought a policy, but discovered they didn’t have the coverage only after the wife was injured in an accident that wasn’t her fault.
JACKSON, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A Tennessee trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action filed by the widow of a man killed in a head-on collision with a county fire truck has been affirmed by an appeals court.
The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson in an opinion filed Dec. 8 agreed with the trial court that the widow, Susan Durham, filed the action beyond the one-year statute of limitations under the state’s Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA).
The GTLA grants immunity from civil action to Tennessee counties with some exceptions one involves claims that arise form the negligent operation of motor vehicles.