B.S., University of Tennessee, geology, 1970
J.D., University of Tennessee, 1975. Research editor and assistant editor, Tennessee Law Review
Postgraduate studies: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, geology; Middle Tennessee State University, chemistry and physics
Clerk, Chief Justice Joseph W. Henry, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1975-77
Practice experience: Associate, Henry & McCord, Tullahoma, Tenn., 1977-81; solo practitioner, Manchester, Tenn., 1977
Academic experience: Assistant Professor of Law, Oral Roberts University, 1981-83
Joined Cumberland faculty: 1983
Teaching and research interests: Torts, products liability, professional responsibility, damages, law and technology
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Expert in personal injury damages law and practice, product liability and premises liability. Author of Premises Liability Law and Practice (four volumes, Matthew Bender & Co., 1987, with biannual supplements), and Search Master: Personal Injury Library, a CD-ROM version of the Premises Liability treatise.
