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Arthur Seymour, Jr. has once again been honored by inclusion in the Mid-South Super Lawyers and Knoxville’s Best Lawyers. Arthur was named as one of the Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of Civil Litigation Defense, Land Use /Zoning, and Government / Cities / Municipalities. Super Lawyers is an annual listing of lawyers who have attained a high degree of ...

The General Assembly passed a workers' compensation reform bill, which applies to injuries on or after July 1, 2011. The amendments narrow the definition of "injury" by requiring it be caused by a specific incident or set of incidents arising out of and in the course of employment identifiable by time and place of occurrence. Also, the opinion of the ...

The legislature has made a major change in summary judgment procedure in Tennessee state courts. In 2008, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued its opinion in Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co., 270 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. 2008) which modified the summary judgment standard in Tennessee state courts. Federal Courts require that the party with the burden of proof must “put up or ...

Four FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2011 in their respective fields. Each year the magazine calls upon members of the local bar association to vote for their peers, and winners in various practice areas are announced. This year, Debra Fulton and Mary Elizabeth Maddox were named as top attorneys in the area of ...

On June 16, 2011, Governor Bill Haslam signed the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011 into law. This tort-reform law dramatically changes the measure of damages that can be recovered in certain cases. A complete copy of the signed legislation can be found here ...

The University of Tennessee College of Law is moving up the National Rankings according to U.S. News’ annual law school rankings issue. The College of Law moved up to 27th overall among all public universities and 56th among all public and private universities. The College of Law’s clinical program, which provides law students experience representing indigent clients both criminally and ...

On February 28, 2011, Second Harvest Food Bank lost one-third to one-half of its inventory when flash flooding hit its Delaware Avenue warehouse. In addition to the inventory loss, the high water damaged delivery trucks and employee vehicles. With six major programs and 500 Agency/Food Partners, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee serves approximately 158,000 people each month. Second ...

Attorneys and staff of the firm volunteer to help with various non-profit organizations throughout the year. Recently, the attorneys and staff volunteered their time to sort food at Second Harvest Food Bank. In addition, the firm and staff sponsored a child through the Second Harvest Backpack Program for one year. Second Harvest operates several hunger-relief programs through their Knoxville distribution ...

The Tennessee Jury Verdict Reporter, an independent organization that studies and collects information regarding jury trials in the State of Tennessee, has named Frantz, McConnell & Seymour the number 9 most prolific trial law firms in the state of Tennessee from 2005 – 2010. According to the TJVR, during that six year period FMS attorneys tried a total of 34 ...

Mary Beth Maddox was named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as one of the Top Attorneys in 2010 in workers’ compensation cases. Each year the magazine calls upon members of the local bar association to vote for their peers and winners in various practice areas are announced. Other members of the firm have been named as top attorneys in their fields, ...