The judicial system has seen massive changes due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Tennessee. In Murfreesboro, attorney John Day told WGNS...
Under current rules and practice, you cannot have a teleconference or "LIVE" video jury in Tennessee. However, the pandemic could give rise to future changes within the courts.
The case heard via video was Lataisha M. Jackson v. Charles Anthony Burrell et al. This healthcare liability action arose when the plaintiff, Lataisha Jackson, alleged that an employee, Charles Burrell, at Gould's Salon Inc. d/b/a Gould's Day Spa & Salon ("Gould's") sexually assaulted her while she was getting a massage. Ms. Jackson filed claims of vicarious liability, negligence, and negligent supervision, retention, and training against Gould's. Gould's filed a motion for summary judgment claiming, in part, that the negligence claims could not survive because Ms. Jackson failed to file a certificate of good faith, which is a pre-suit notice requirement under the Tennessee Health Care Liability Act ("THCLA").