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Intentional interference with business relationships under the GTLA.

Day on Torts

This suit followed, asserting several contract and property claims, as well as a tort claim for intentional interference with business relationships. The trial court dismissed the tort claim against the City pursuant to the GTLA, and dismissal was affirmed on appeal. At issue here was Tenn. Code Ann. § Continue reading

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

Day on Torts

Under the public duty doctrine, public employees and governmental entities are shielded “from suits for injuries that are caused by the employee’s breach of a duty owed to the public at large rather than to the individual plaintiff,” unless one of three special duty exceptions applies. internal citation). internal citations omitted).

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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

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The Court explained: Claimant’s complaint filed in the Claims Commission is a separate and independent action from the complaint against the other parties filed in circuit court. The Court continued its analysis by pointing out that one of its prior decisions supported dismissal in this case. In Dotson v. State , No.

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

Day on Torts

According to the Supreme Court, “[a] negligent act or omission is operational when it is made (1) in the absence of a formulated policy guiding the conduct or omission; or (2) when the conduct deviates from an established plan or policy.” The Court reasoned: We conclude that the acts alleged in the complaint are operational.

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Supreme Court Limits Standing for Class-Action Suits Under FCRA

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The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations. The District Court ruled that all class members had Article III standing on each of the three statutory claims. 323, 349 (1974); see also Restatement of Torts §559 (1938). the tort of defamation.

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Case against deceased defendant time-barred.

Day on Torts

Where the other driver in a car accident case died before suit was filed and the plaintiff failed to “timely file his tort action against the personal representative within the applicable statute of limitations,” summary judgment for the personal representative was affirmed. Luethke , No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. §

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