George T. Lewis

Parties generally have no right to appeal a trial court's decision on pretrial motions until the court issues a final judgment — yet Congress granted that right for decisions that deny a motion to compel arbitration under the...more In 2011, the Tennessee legislature enacted limitations on non-economic compensatory damages and punitive damages which are recoverable in Tennessee. T.C.A. 29-39-102 was part of the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011. It...more On June 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Tennessee accepted certification of three questions of law relating to Tennessee's statutory non-economic damages cap. The certification follows on the heels of a decision from a divided...more In January 2019, we issued a client alert regarding Lindenberg v. Jackson National Life Insurance Co. et al. In that case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rendered a 2-1 split decision on the issues of whether...more