by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 29, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan We have all heard that we can act in self-defense when someone is trying to hurt us but what does Tennessee law actually says we are allowed to do that? There are actually three very short statutes that spell out what you can do when acting in...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 21, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you ever hear people complain about other job professions that have great hours or get a lot of holidays, one of the jobs that comes up the most is bankers. Why do bankers get so many holidays anyway? Well Tennessee Code Annotated section...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 14, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jed McKeehan If you get involved in a legal proceeding your case will be set to be heard by some type of judge. Your case could be before a small claims (general sessions) judge, a circuit judge, a chancellor, a criminal judge, a federal judge, an appellate judge,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Unfortunately, a phrase that we hear all too often in this day and age is that a married couple is, “separated.” And you may have thought to yourself, “did they go to the courthouse and get some designation, or is this just what it is informally...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So, the word “subrogation” is probably a word that you have heard at some point in your life, but you may not be exactly sure what it means. What does it mean, anyway? In the legal context, the word subrogation most often comes in to play in...