Legal Opinion
Mayes v. LeMonte
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 6, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSS HELDMAN, SP. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court, in which
BEN CANTRELL, P.J., M.S, and PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, J., joined.
In this dog bite case, the trial court awarded a meter reader $5000 in compensatory damages against the dog owner. The dog owner claims on appeal that he was not negligent in handling his dog and that the sitting trial judge was biased and prejudiced against him. We affirm.
On January 17, 2001, the Montgomery County General Sessions Court awarded Brian C. Mayes $3000 in compensatory damages for a dog bite which Ronald R. LeMonte’s, Jr. dog, Blackie, inflicted on…
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- Jack Farenbaugh & Son v. Belmont Construction, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1987
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