In Re ESTATE OF Raymond L. SMALLMAN

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE October 5, 2012 Session Heard at Athens1 IN RE: ESTATE OF RAYMOND L. SMALLMAN Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals, Eastern Section Chancery Court for Hamblen County Nos. 2009P120, 2009-440 Thomas R. Frierson, II, Chancellor No. E2010-02344-SC-R11-CV - Filed February 26, 2013 The primary issue we address in this appeal is whether certain evidence was erroneously admitted at trial and if so, whether it more probably than not affected the jury’s verdict. This case arose out of the death of Raymond Smallman and the ensuing dispute between…