John J. Britton

Representative Experience: Representative Experience: Represented insurance companies in coverage disputes and has rendered coverage opinions.; Defense of all types of personal injury and property damage claims.; Defended premises liability and similar claims.; Defense of workers' compensation claims.; Represented fellow attorneys and other professionals such as architects, engineers and real estate brokers in professional negligence and errors and omissions claims.; Represented employers in matters dealing with discrimination claims.; Defended employers charged with retaliatory discharge claims and OSHA violations; Obtained summary judgment for a national insurance company in a theft case based on the limitations period contained in the policy; Obtained summary judgment for a national insurance company in a fire insurance case based on misrepresentation in the application; Obtained summary judgment for a funeral home defendant in a case based upon the plaintiff's lack of standing to sue; Professional Reported Cases: Stanley and Rhonda Gagne v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, No. E2011-01117-COA-R3-CV, COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE, AT KNOXVILLE, 2012 Tenn. App. LEXIS 145, January 30, 2012, Sessions, March 5, 2012, Filed.; Crawford v. J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home, Inc., No. E2006-00987-C0A-R3-CV, COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE, AT KNOXVILLE, 253 S.W.3d 149; 2007 Tenn. App. LEXIS 718, August 13, 2007, Session, November 21, 2007, Filed.