David Patchak v. Sally Jewell

How courts have described this case

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• waiving several arguments on appeal due to “failure to comply with provisions of the rules of appellate practice, namely the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure”
• affirming grant of motion to dismiss a negligent hiring claim where plaintiff did not allege employee “had a criminal history or record of misbehavior that would have disqualified her from being hired”
• “It must be clear that a party has constructed an argument regarding his or her position on appeal; if not, the matter is subject to waiver.”
• “It must be clear that a party has constructed an argument regarding his or her position on appeal; if not, the matter is subject to waiver.”
• “It must be clear that a party has constructed an argument regarding his or her position on appeal; if not, the matter is subject to waiver.” (citing Newcomb, 222 S.W.3d at 401)
• “A plaintiff in Tennessee may recover for negligent hiring, supervision, or retention of an employee if he establishes, in addition to the elements of a negligence claim, that the employer had knowledge of the employee's unfitness for the job.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).