Year Joined Organization: 1991

Lawyer Overview

Jeffrey W. Rufolo grew up in New Jersey and originally came to Chattanooga in 1983 to attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on a wrestling scholarship. He liked the area so much he decided to stay.

Since joining Summers & Wyatt, Mr. Rufolo has successfully represented those who have been injured on the job, or injured in car accidents, fall down cases, or other premises liability type cases due to the negligence of others. Recently, Mr. Rufolo successfully overturned an unfavorable decision from the trial court in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against Hamilton County, Tennessee, in which a young man was brutally murdered. Obtaining a favorable decision for the family of the deceased in this case, Brown v. Hamilton County, 126 S.W.3d 43 2003 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003), was described by one Tennessee legal magazine as similar to a "miracle."

Mr. Rufolo is married to Laura Beth, who is also an attorney. Together they have one daughter. He is an active member of his church, in the community, and serves as a high school wrestling referee, youth soccer coach, on the alumni counsel of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and is vice president of the Chattanooga Takedown Club.

Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Health & Health Care Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home
• Products Liability Law

Representative Cases

• Clifton v. Komatsu American Mfg. Corp., 38 S.W.3d 550 (Tennessee 2001)
• Walker v. Wheland Foundry, 1999 W.L. 994372 (Tennessee 1999)
• Cannon v. City of Chattanooga, 1999 W.L. 544640 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
• Maytag Cooking Products v. Elliott, 1997 W.L. 459127 (Tennessee 1997)
• Freeman v. CPQ Colorchome, Inc., 1997 W.L. 193927 (Tennessee 1997)
• Hale v. ABB Combustion, 1996 W.L. 99298 (Tennessee 1996)
• Tinker v. Wheland Foundry, 1996 W.L. 8260 (Tennessee 1996)
• Higgenbottom v. Continental Casualty Co., 1994 W.L. 312871 (Tennessee Ct. App. 1994)
• Rose v. South Central Bell, 1993 W.L. 835046 (Tennessee 1993)

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Lemon Law, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Eminent Domain, Construction Law, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Election & Campaign Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Internet -- Cyberspace, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Toxic Torts, Aviation, Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1991
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice
• Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (previously served on Board of Governors)
• Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Chattanooga Bar Association

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1991
  J.D.
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 1988
  B.S.

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Address

735 Broad Street, Suite 800
The James Building
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2913

Phones

423-265-2385
423-265-2388

Faxes

423-266-5211

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Websites

http://www.summersandwyatt.com