Panel Vacates Insurance Agent’s Summary Judgment On Professional Negligence

Mealey's (January 11, 2019, 1:47 PM EST) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After finding that a judge erred in excluding expert testimony on an insurance agent’s standard of care regarding placed insurance with an insolvent insurer, a Tennessee appeals court panel on Jan. 9 vacated an entry of summary judgment to the agent on a professional negligence claim (Joy Littleton, et al. v. TIS Insurance Services Inc., No. E2018-00477-COA-R3-CV, Tenn. App., 2019 Tenn. App. LEXIS 13)....