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Claims of Recklessness and Gross Negligence May Proceed Under Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act

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The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled plaintiffs can pursue claims based on recklessness and gross negligence under the GTLA. One of those three exceptions arises when “the plaintiff alleges a cause of action involving intent, malice, or reckless misconduct.” In Lawson v. Hawkins County, TN , No.

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Intentional interference with business relationships under the GTLA.

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City of Clarksville, Tennessee , No. Based on this language, the trial court ruled that immunity was not removed, but the Court of Appeals disagreed with this analysis. In Robinson v. M2019-02053-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. 31, 2023), plaintiffs owned a restaurant in defendant City. At issue here was Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Statute of limitations extended to two years where defendant was given traffic citation after car accident.

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Where plaintiff’s personal injury claim was based on a Tennessee car accident for which defendant was given a traffic citation for failure to exercise due care under Tenn. 55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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Wrong defendants in certificate of good faith caption should have resulted in dismissal.

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April 14, 2022), plaintiff filed an HCLA claim against several defendants, including the State of Tennessee as the employer of Dr. Landry, who was allegedly negligent. The Court continued its analysis by pointing out that one of its prior decisions supported dismissal in this case. In Gilbert v. State , No. In Dotson v. State , No.

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County not immune from suit where sheriff’s deputy failed to investigate death threats.

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Perry County, Tennessee , No. The Tennessee Supreme Court “has adopted a planning-operational test to determine whether a decision is discretionary within the meaning of the GTLA,” explaining that “planning or policy-making decisions are immune from liability” while “operational decisions do not enjoy the same protection.”

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TPPA Petition to Dismiss Could Not Be Filed After Plaintiff Took Voluntary Dismissal.

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More than two weeks after the order of dismissal was entered, defendants filed a “combined motion to alter or amend and petition to dismiss with prejudice pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act” (TPPA). voluntary dismissals in Tennessee. internal citation omitted). internal citations and quotations omitted).

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Case against deceased defendant time-barred.

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On appeal, the plaintiff first argued that the civil summons naming defendant should have related back to the date of his first filing under Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 15.03. Because of Rule 1, the second civil warrant, therefore, did not relate back to the filing of the first. Code Ann. § Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §

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