Judge Patricia J. Cottrell has been on the Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals for over 10 years. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals in November 1998, elected in 2000, and re-elected to an eight-year term in 2006. She is the first woman elected to serve as presiding judge for any section of a Tennessee appellate court. If you're preparing to overturn or defend summary motions at the appellate level, you MUST be familiar with the changes after the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co. and Martin v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
When you participate in the all-new Tennessee Attorneys Memo audio conference, Summary Judgment from an Appellate Perspective After Hannan and Martin, you'll hear what it takes to affirm or reverse a summary judgment at the appellate level from a judge who has served on the Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals for over 10 years.
In just 60 minutes, your speaker will answer such questions as:
- What, if anything, did Hannan and Martin change about the summary judgment procedure in Tennessee?
- Will it now be more difficult to defend the grant of summary judgment on appeal?
- How will Hannan and Martin work in practice?
- What does an appellate court look for in determining whether the moving party met its initial burden of production, and thereby shifted the burden of production to the nonmoving party at the summary judgment stage?
- What happens once the burden of production has been shifted?
- What does Byrd require?
- What does an appellate court look for in determining whether the nonmoving party has produced evidence of specific facts establishing that there is a genuine issue of material fact?
Summary Judgment from an Appellate Perspective After Hannan and Martin
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