The same attorney who represented the client in the criminal case may now be acting as the judge in the Juvenile Court hearing the sexual molestation case. An attorney represents parents in a termination of parental rights case in a county adjacent to Sequatchie. Within the week, the attorney, acting as Juvenile Court Judge in Sequatchie County, hears a termination of parental rights case involving basically the same issues. John W. Routh, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Defendants-Appellees, Gary L. Lane, and wife, Donna L. Lane. Plaintiffs, purchasers of house from defendants, were awarded damages for defects in house not revealed by defendants.
Plaintiffs appeal, asking punitive damages and an increase in compensatory damages.
Robert S. Peters, Winchester, Tennessee, for the appellants, Robert Lafferty and Phyllis Lafferty. Thomas C. Faris, Winchester, Tennessee, for the appellee, City of Winchester. This appeal involves a dispute between the owners of a bed and breakfast and the City of Winchester regarding a proposed expansion of the business's bar and banquet facilities. When the city's Board of Zoning Appeals declined to approve the expansion, the owners of the bed and breakfast filed a petition for a common-law writ of certiorari in the Circuit Court for Franklin County challenging the Board's decision. After reviewing the record of the proceedings before the Board, the trial court determined that the Board acted within its discretion when it declined to approve the proposed expansion of the bed and breakfast.