Trial courts of each judicial district respond to an annual Mass Tort Survey that requests information concerning matters that are deemed to be classified as mass torts.
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There is no definition of "mass tort" in use. Rather, a list of matters that are deemed to be considered mass torts is provided in the annual Mass Tort Survey.
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HB2052/SB2151 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 280, eff.July 1, 2005 . It allows appeal from order denying class action certification; a party is not required to obtain permission from the trial court to apply for appeal.
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None known.
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Tenn. R. App. P. 9.
Tenn. R. App. P. 10.
Tenn. R. App. P. 11.
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Bridgestone/Firestone, Ford, and General Motors Litigation in Sixth Circuit Court, Davidson County, Tennessee. All cases filed in the Circuit Courts for Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, in which Bridgestone Corporation, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., and either Ford Motor Company or General Motors Corporation are co-defendants have been consolidated for all pre-trial matters and assigned to Judge Thomas W. Brothers, Sixth Circuit Court, 20th Judicial District of Tennessee.
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Mediation in civil cases pursuant to Rule 31.
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