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Day on Torts: Leading Cases on Tennessee Tort Law

Author: John A. Day
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Table of Contents

Introduction 

How To Use this Book – READ THIS FIRST! 

Biography of John A. Day 

Chapter 1. Abuse of Process 

  • Section 1. Abuse of Process – Generally 
  • Section 2. Abuse of Process – Limitation of Actions

Chapter 2. Alienation of Affections 

  • Section 1. Alienation of Affections – Generally 

Chapter 3. Amusement Parks 

  • Section 1. Liability of Operator 
  • Section 2. Liability for Punitive Damages 

Chapter 4. Animal Control Officer’s Rule 

  • Section 1. Animal Control Officer’s Rule – Generally 

Chapter 5. Animals Other Than Bovines, Dogs, and Horses

  • Section 1. Editor’s Note – Animals Other Than Bovines, Dogs, and Horses
  • Section 2. Animals Other Than Bovines, Dogs, and Horses – Generally
  • Section 3. Harboring Wild Animals
  • Section 4. Animals on a Roadway or Otherwise Wandering
  • Section 5. Liability of Non-Owner of Animal At Issue

Chapter 6. Assault and Battery 

  • Section 1. Assault – Generally 
  • Section 2. Battery – Generally 
  • Section 3. Medical Battery
  • Section 4. Defense – Consent 
  • Section 5. Defense – Defense of Property 
  • Section 6. Defense – Provocation 

Chapter 7. Assumption of Risk 

  • Section 1. Assumption of Risk – Generally 
  • Section 2. Express Assumption of Risk/Contractual Waiver of Liability/Exculpation Provisions 
  • Section 3. Contractual Waiver of Liability
  • Section 4: Open and Obvious Danger Defense in Premises Liability Cases

Chapter 8. Attorney’s Fees 

  • Section 1. Apportionment of Fees in Cases with Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Interest 
  • Section 2. Court Evaluation of Contingency Fees
  • Section 3. Division of Contingent Fees by Plaintiff’s Counsel – Effect of Failure to Disclose Fee Division to Client on the Ability of Lawyer to Receive a Fee
  • Section 4. Fees Charged to Minors

Chapter 9. Attorney’s Lien 

  • Section 1. Attorney’s Lien – Generally 

Chapter 10. Bad Faith Failure of Insurer to Pay First Party Claim (Statutory Cause of Action) 

  • Section 1. Statutory “Lack of Good Faith” Claim – Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-105 
  • Section 2. Necessity of Giving Notice of Intention to Seek Penalty 
  • Section 3. Effect of Misrepresentation by Insured in Proof of Loss 

Chapter 11. Bad Faith Failure to Settle Tort Claim (Common Law Claim) 

  • Section 1. Bad Faith Failure to Settle Tort Claim – Generally

Chapter 11.A

  • Section 1. Bovine Activities Generally 

Chapter 12. Breach of Promise to Marry 

  • Section 1. Breach of Promise to Marry – Generally 

Chapter 13. Causation 

  • Section 1. Causation – Generally 
  • Section 2. Cause in Fact vs. Proximate Cause 
  • Section 3. Intervening and Superseding Causes 
  • Section 4. Level of Proof Necessary (More Probable Than Not) to Establish Causal Relationship Between Injury and Event Caused by Negligence 

Chapter 14. Charitable Immunity 

  • Section 1. Charitable Immunity – Generally 

Chapter 15. Contractual Choice of Law Provisions 

  • Section 1. Contractual Choice of Law Provisions – Generally 

Chapter 16. Comparative Fault 

  • Section 1. Joint and Several Liability Generally Abolished 
  • Section 2. Addition of Defendants After Expiration of Statute of Limitations (Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-1-119) 
  • Section 3. Allocation of Fault to Defendant Dismissed Before Trial 
  • Section 4. Allocation of Fault to One Protected by Governmental Immunity 
  • Section 5. Allocation of Fault to an Entity Granted Immunity or Partial Immunity by Legislative Action 
  • Section 6. Allocation of Fault to One Protected by Statute of Repose 
  • Section 7. Allocation of Fault to One Whose Conduct Cannot be the Legal Cause of an Injury 
  • Section 8. Allocation of Fault to a Product 
  • Section 9. Allocation of Fault to an Unknown Party Generally 
  • Section 10. Allocation of Fault to an Unknown Party in a Motor Vehicle Case 
  • Section 11. Applicability to Breach of Implied Warranty Cases 
  • Section 12. Applicability of Comparative Fault in Cases Alleging Fraud
  • Section 13. Applicability of Comparative Fault to Nuisance Claim
  • Section 14. Applicability to Negligent Misrepresentation
  • Section 15. Bifurcated Fault Allocations Based on Causation Issues
  • Section 16. Duty of Defendant to Allege Causative Acts or Omissions of Another or be Precluded for Introducing Evidence of or Arguing Such Acts or Omissions at Trial
  • Section 17. Comparative Fault – Effect of Concerted Action
  • Section 18: Effect of Co-Tortfeasor Committing Intentional Wrong
  • Section 19: Effect of a Physically Injured Plaintiff’s Fault on Recoverability in Loss of Consortium Claimant’s Action
  • Section 20. Effect on Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-7-1201 (Uninsured Motorist Claim)
  • Section 21. Factors Considered in Fault Allocations
  • Section 22. Fault of Plaintiff’s Employer or Co-Employee
  • Section 23. Plaintiff Barred from Recovery if Fifty Percent (Or More) at Fault
  • Section 24. Impact of Impaired Mental Capacity on Fault Allocation
  • Section 25. Modification by Trial Judge of Fault Percentages Assigned by Jury
  • Section 26. Comparative Fault and Negligent Entrustment
  • Section 27. Several Liability as a General Rule
  • Section 28. Comparative Fault in Strict Liability Cases
  • Section 29. Tortfeasors in a Single Event May be Tried Separately
  • Section 30. Vicarious Liability After Comparative Fault
  • Section 31. Allocation of Fault to One Protected by Immunity Under a Specialized Statute
  • Section 32. Applicability of Comparative Fault to Claims Arising Under 42. U.S.C. Sec. 1983

Chapter 17. Confidential Relationship 

  • Section 1. Abuse or Breach of Confidential Relationship 
  • Section 2. Difference Between Fiduciary Relationships and Confidential Relationships 

Chapter 18. Conflict of Laws in Tort Cases 

  • Section 1. Conflict of Laws in Tort Cases – Generally 

Chapter 19. Contribution 

  • Section 1. Contribution – Generally 
  • Section 2. Contribution Actions Against the State of Tennessee 

Chapter 20. Conspiracy 

  • Section 1. Conspiracy – Generally 
  • Section 2. Conspiracy is Not a Cause of Action – It Requires a Predicate Tort
  • Section 3. Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine 

Chapter 21. Constructive Fraud 

  • Section 1. Constructive Fraud – Generally 

Chapter 22. Conversion 

  • Section 1. Conversion – Generally 
  • Section 2. Only Owner, Not Lessee or Bailee, Can Assert Claim for Conversion
  • Section 3. Damages in Conversion Cases 
  • Section 4. Statute of Limitations Issues (Including Fraudulent Concealment Discussion) 

Chapter 23. Criminal Conversation 

  • Section 1. Criminal Conversation – Generally 

Chapter 24. Damages – Generally

  • Section 1. Attorney’s Fees as Compensatory Damages under Independent Tort Theory
  • Section 2. Calculation of Post-Judgment Interest
  • Section 3. Cap on Noneconomic Damages Deemed Constitutional
  • Section 4. Damage Award in Excess of Ad Damnum
  • Section 5. Damages- Fraudulent Misrepresentation
  • Section 6. Itemization of Elements of Damages on Verdict Form
  • Section 7. Mitigation of Damages
  • Section 8. Punitive Damages
  • Section 9. Punitive Damages Against Estate of Defendant

Chapter 25. Damages in Personal Injury Cases 

  • Section 1 . Aggravation of a Pre-Existing Condition 
  • Section 2. Collateral Source Rule 
  • Section 3. Collateral Source Rule: “Amount Charged vs. Amount Paid” 
  • Section 4. Loss of Consortium (Personal Injury Cases) 
  • Section 5. Medical Monitoring 
  • Section 6. Medical Expenses – Past 
  • Section 7. Medical Expenses – Future 
  • Section 8. Medical Expenses – Availability of Certain Presumptions Concerning the Reasonableness of Medical Expenses (and, in Smaller Cases, the Necessity of Treatment) 
  • Section 9. Medical Expenses – Ability of a Doctor to Testify About Reasonableness and Necessity of Medical Bills or Charges from Other Health Care Providers 
  • Section 10. Personal Injury Damages Generally 
  • Section 11. Application of Noneconomic Damages Cap In Personal Injury Case When Loss of Consortium Is Awarded 
  • Section 12. Prejudgment Interest on Personal Injury Cases 
  • Section 13. Recovery of Medical Expenses by Minor 
  • Section 14. Interaction Between the Statutory Cap on Damages and Comparative Fault 
  • Section 15. Recovery of Loss of Consortium Damages by Children for Injuries to Parent

Chapter 26. Damages to Property and Financial Interests 

  • Section 1. Benefit of the Bargain Rule Applied in Misrepresentation Cases 
  • Section 2. Loss Concerning Real Property 
  • Section 3. Damages for Lost Profits 
  • Section 4. Election Between Punitive Damages and TCPA Fees 
  • Section 5. Election of Treble vs. Punitive Damages 
  • Section 6. Loss of Credit under TCPA 
  • Section 7. Measure of Damage to Personal Property (Including Loss of Use) 
  • Section 8. Death of or Injury to Guide Dogs
  • Section 9. Damages for Death of a Pet (Includes Only Dogs and Cats)

Chapter 27. Damages in Wrongful Death Cases 

  • Section 1. Damages in Cases Involving Death of Spouse or Parent 
  • Section 2. Impact of Death of Plaintiff After Verdict on Recovery of Damages 
  • Section 3. Loss of Consortium Claim for the Death of a Child 

Chapter 28. Defamation 

  • Section 1. Defamation – Generally 
  • Section 2. Actual Malice 
  • Section 3. Conditional Privilege 
  • Section 4. Damages 
  • Section 5. Defamatory Statement 
  • Section 6. Executive Office Privilege 
  • Section 7. Fair Report Privilege 
  • Section 8. Judicial Privilege 
  • Section 9. Legislative Privilege 
  • Section 10. Libel-Proof Plaintiff 
  • Section 11. Litigation Privilege 
  • Section 12. Private Person vs. Public Figure 
  • Section 13. Publication 
  • Section 14. Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA) 
  • Section 15. Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA) – Effect of Voluntary Dismissal on Ability to Use TPPA
  • Section 16. Truth and Other Defenses 

Chapter 29. Dog Bites and Dog Attacks 

  • Section 1. Common Law Abrogated by Statute 
  • Section 2. Landlord Liability 

Chapter 30. Duty 

  • Section 1. Duty – Generally 
  • Section 2. Duty of a Designated Driver 
  • Section 3. Duty Arising Because of Special Relationship 
  • Section 4. Duty Gratuitously Undertaken 
  • Section 5. Duty of Home Inspector to Third Persons 
  • Section 6. Duty of Railroad to Maintain Visibility at Crossings 
  • Section 7. Duty of Teachers and Schools 
  • Section 8. Duty to Use Automated External Defibrillator (AED) 
  • Section 9. Helpless or Inattentive Plaintiffs 
  • Section 10. Duty Not to Sell Gasoline to Intoxicated Motorist 
  • Section 11. Duty Not to Kill Dog Owned by Another

Chapter 31. Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine 

  • Section 1. Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine – Generally 

Chapter 32. Exclusivity of Workers Compensation Law – Ability of Employees to Sue Employers in Tort 

  • Section 1. Exclusivity Doctrine Generally 
  • Section 2. Assault at the Workplace by Non Co-Worker 
  • Section 3. Failure of Employer to Provide Safe Trenches 

Chapter 33. Exculpatory Agreements (Also Known as Contractual Waivers of Liability) 

  • Section 1. Waiver of Liability Generally (Decision Addresses Contract with Medical Transportation Company)
  • Section 2. Minor Not Bound by Parent’s Signature
  • Section 3. Validity of Contract Provisions Which Provide that Parent Indemnify Defendant from Claims Asserted on Behalf of Injured Minor
  • Section 4. Exculpatory Agreements and Incompetent Persons

Chapter 34. Expert Witnesses 

  • Section 1. Adequacy of Expert Witness Disclosure 
  • Section 2. Standard for the Admissibility of Testimony 
  • Section 3. Admissibility of Testimony – Consultation with Other Experts 
  • Section 4. Limited Use of Discovery Depositions of Experts 
  • Section 5. Payment of Contingent Fee to Expert 

Chapter 35. False Imprisonment 

  • Section 1. False Imprisonment – Generally 
  • Section 2. Statute of Limitations Applicable to False Imprisonment Claims 

Chapter 36. Family Purpose Doctrine 

  • Section 1. Family Purpose Doctrine – Generally 

Chapter 37. Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) 

  • Section 1. Liability 

Chapter 38. Forum Non Conveniens 

  • Section 1. Forum Non Conveniens – Generally 

Chapter 39. Forum Selection Clauses in Personal Injury and Death Cases 

  • Section 1. Forum Selection Clauses in Personal Injury and Death Cases – Generally 

Chapter 40. Fraud 

  • Section 1. Fraud – Generally 
  • Section 2. Claim Made on Basis of Statement Made to Another 
  • Section 3. Duty to Disclose 
  • Section 4. Economic Loss Doctrine and Fraud Cases 
  • Section 5. Certain Opinions Can Be Basis for Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim 
  • Section 6. Paternity Fraud 
  • Section 7. Promissory Fraud (Also Known as Fraudulent Inducement) 
  • Section 8. Reasonable Reliance 

Chapter 41. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – General Principles

  • Section 1. Applicability of GTLA to Government Contractors
  • Section 2. Award of Attorneys Fees if Employee is Improperly Sued
  • Section 3. Civil Rights Exception to Liability Under the GTLA
  • Section 4. Discretionary Function Exception
  • Section 5. Government Employees Cannot be Sued When Government Entities Can be Sued
  • Section 6. Government Employer’s Defense that Employee’s Actions Constituted More than Negligence
  • Section 7. Immunity Waived for Ordinary Negligence Only
  • Section 8. Intentional Tort Exclusion
  • Section 9. Public Duty Doctrine
  • Section 10. Qualified Immunity
  • Section 11. Requirement that Employee Must be Acting Within Scope of Employment
  • Section 12. Special Duty Exception to the Public Duty Doctrine

Chapter 42. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Damages

  • Section 1. Loss of Consortium Claim in Personal Injury Case is Subject to Separate Damage Cap Under GTLA
  • Section 2. Waiver of Statutory Damage Limits

Chapter 43. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Health Care Liability

  • Section 1. Government Healthcare Providers as Tortfeasors

Chapter 44. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Limitation of Actions

  • Section 1. Limitations of Actions for Claims by Minors
  • Section 2. Statute of Limitations in GTLA Cases

Chapter 45. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Motor Vehicle Cases (including road and bridge)

  • Section 1. Police Chases
  • Section 2. Road and Bridge Cases
  • Section 3. Road and Bridge Cases—Effect of Contracts with Other Entities for Road Maintenance

Chapter 46. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Premises Liability

  • Section 1. Constructive Notice of Defective Condition
  • Section 2. General Premises Liability Cases Against Governmental Entities
  • Section 3. Governmental Entity’s Liability for Latent Defect
  • Section 4. Government Ownership and Control of Property as Issue in Action Under GTLA

Chapter 47. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Injuries to Inmates (other than those alleging premises liability)

  • Section 1. Inmate Work Details – Injuries to Inmates
  • Section 2. Liability for Inmate-on-Inmate Assault

Chapter 48. Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) – Miscellaneous

  • Section 1. Duty of Teachers and Schools to Prevent Assault by Other Students
  • Section 2. Limitations on Immunity Arising from Inspections of Private Property
  • Section 3. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Claim Against a Governmental Entity

Chapter 49. Gross Negligence 

  • Section 1. Gross Negligence – Generally 
  • Section 2. Definition of Gross Negligence 
  • Section 3. Gross Negligence and Exculpatory Clauses 
  • Section 4. Impact of Gross Negligence on Comparative Fault Allocation 
  • Section 5. Punitive Damages Not Permitted in Cases Where Defendant is Grossly Negligent 

Chapter 50. Health Care Liability Actions – Editor’s Note 

Chapter 51. Health Care Liability Determination of Which Scenarios Fall Within the Scope of Health Care Liability and Which Do Not 

  • Section 1. Statutory Definition of “Health Care Provider” and “Health Care Liability Action” 
  • Section 2. What is a Health Care Liability Action? 

Chapter 52. Health Care Liability Action – Issues Arising Under the Notice Provision of Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-121 

  • Section 1. The Statute Requiring Pre-Suit Notice 
  • Section 2. Compliance With Notice Requirement – Generally 
  • Section 3. Notice Sent to Incorrect Party 
  • Section 4. Failure to Provide Proper HIPAA Authorization 
  • Section 5. HIPAA Authorization When Defendant is a Single Provider
  • Section 6. Substantial Compliance with Content Requirements
  • Section 7. Failure to Attach Proof of Notice to Complaint
  • Section 8. Notice Required for Re-Filed Complaint After Voluntary Dismissal
  • Section 9. Dismissal Without Prejudice Proper Sanction
  • Section 10. Noncompliance Excused for Extraordinary Cause
  • Section 11. Notice Tolling Provision – Applicability to Governmental Entities
  • Section 12. Failure to Wait 60 Days After Giving Notice to File Suit
  • Section 13. Proper Method to Challenge Adequacy of Notice
  • Section 14. When Defendant Has a Duty to Give Notice Of Provider Who May Be Named As Defendant
  • Section 15. Giving Notice When it is Later Determined it Was Not Required

Chapter 53. Health Care Liability Action – Issues Arising Under Certification of Good Faith Provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-122 

  • Section 1. The Statute Requiring Certificate of Good Faith
  • Section 2. What is Required in the Certificate of Good Faith
  • Section 3. Health Care Liability Action – Generally
  • Section 4. Certificate is NOT Required When the “Common Knowledge Exception” Applies
  • Section 5. No Requirement to File Certificate of Good Faith in Battery Claim
  • Section 6. “Extraordinary Cause” to Excuse Filing of Certificate of Good Faith
  • Section 7. Need to File Certificate of Good Faith After Voluntary Dismissal and Re-filing Action
  • Section 8. Subsequently Added Defendants – Is Certificate of Good Faith Required?
  • Section 9. No Duty to Disclose Zero Prior Violations
  • Section 10. Proper Method to Challenge Certificate of Good Faith
  • Section 11. Dismissal with Prejudice Proper Sanction
  • Section 12. Ability to Take Voluntary Dismissal after Motion to Dismiss has Been Filed
  • Section 13. Motion Practice to Review Certificate of Good Faith After Case is Dismissed
  • Section 14. Sanctions for Improper Certificate of Good Faith

Chapter 54. Health Care Liability – Battery and Informed Consent 

  • Section 1. Battery 
  • Section 2. Informed Consent 

Chapter 55. Health Care Liability – General Issues 

  • Section 1. Linking Negligence Related to Understaffing in Health Care Facilities to Injuries or Death 
  • Section 2. Disclosure to the Jury of the Amount Sought 
  • Section 3. Agency / Apparent Authority 
  • Section 4. Allocation of Fault to Medical Negligence Plaintiff for Pre-Injury Conduct 
  • Section 5. Collateral Source Rule 
  • Section 6. Sudden Emergency Doctrine 
  • Section 7. Liability for Suicide 
  • Section 8. Discovering the Standard of Care from the Defendant Doctor 
  • Section 9. Loss of Chance 
  • Section 10. Duty of Hospital Generally 
  • Section 11. Duty of Hospital to Get Informed Consent 
  • Section 12. Duty, Non-Delegable 
  • Section 13. Peer Review Privilege 
  • Section 14. Duty of Nursing Home to Protect Patients from Criminal Acts of Employee 
  • Section 15. Duty of Pharmacist 
  • Section 16. Pharmacist – Ability to Use “Seller Shield” as Defense to HCLA Case 
  • Section 17. Physician Assistant Negligence – Proof of Standard of Care 
  • Section 18. Res Ipsa Claims Generally 
  • Section 19. Proof of Causation in Res Ipsa Claim 
  • Section 20. Duty of Physician to Non-Patients When Prescribing Drug to Patient 
  • Section 21. Duty of Physician to Refer to a Specialist 
  • Section 22. Duty of Psychiatrist to Prevent Injury by Patients to Others 
  • Section 23. Duty to Warn Patient of HIV Infection 
  • Section 24. Duty to Warn Non-Patient Family Member of Risk of Contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from Patient 
  • Section 25. Error of Judgment Rule 
  • Section 26. Ex Parte Interviews with Plaintiffs’ Treating Healthcare Providers 
  • Section 27. Existence of Physician–Patient Relationship 
  • Section 28. Vicarious Liability – Is it Appropriate to Sue the Principal and Not the Agent? 
  • Section 29. Failure of Defendant To Assert Fault of Non-Party But Blame Non-Party At Trial 

Chapter 56. Health Care Liability – Expert Witness Issues 

  • Section 1. Contiguous State Rule – Application to Causation Witnesses
  • Section 2. Contiguous State Rule- Length of Time Expert Must Practice in Contiguous State
  • Section 3. Contiguous State Rule – Waiver
  • Section 4. Causation Expert Need Not Know Standard of Care
  • Section 5. Expert Testimony Regarding Causation
  • Section 6. Causation May Not Be Established by Nurse
  • Section 7. Doctor Testifying about the Standard of Care of a Nondoctor
  • Section 8. Licensure Requirements
  • Section 9. Locality Rule
  • Section 10. Standard of Care Expert’s Familiarity with Profession or Specialty

Chapter 57. Health Care Liability – Statute of Limitations 

  • Section 1. The Text of the Statute 
  • Section 2. Continuing Medical Treatment Doctrine Does Not Extend Statute 
  • Section 3. The Discovery Rule 

Chapter 58. Health Care Liability – Statute of Repose 

  • Section 1. The Text of the Statute 
  • Section 2. Applicability to All Plaintiffs (Including Minors) 
  • Section 3. Foreign Objects Exception 
  • Section 4. Fraudulent Concealment Exception 
  • Section 5. Application When Case is Re-filed Under Savings Statute 

Chapter 59. Health Care Providers – Asserted Claims / Liens on Recoveries 

  • Section 1. Claims Asserted by Chiropractors Under an Assignment Provision 
  • Section 2. Hospital Liens 
  • Section 3. Right of Hospital to Assert Lien After Being Paid by Private Insurer 
  • Section 4. Hospital Liens and Attorney’s Fees 

Chapter 60A. Horses (Equine) – Actions Involving

  • Section 1. Horses (Equine) – Related Liability Generally

Chapter 61. Imputed Negligence or Fault 

  • Section 1. Imputed Negligence – Generally 
  • Section 2. Imputation of Fault from Vehicle Driver to Vehicle Passenger 
  • Section 3. Imputing Negligence or Fault in Case Where Member of Association Sues Association 
  • Section 4. Fault Imputation in the Presence of Joint Enterprise or Joint Venture 

Chapter 62. Indemnity Claims 

  • Section 1. Indemnity and Comparative Fault – Generally 
  • Section 2. Right of Indemnity Between Negligent Tortfeasor and Intentional Tortfeasor 

Chapter 63. Independent Contractor 

  • Section 1. Liability of Employer for Negligence of Contractor 

Chapter 64. Intentional and/or Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress (formerly known as Outrageous Conduct) 

  • Section 1. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) Generally 
  • Section 2. Defense to Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claim – Litigation Privilege 
  • Section 3. Serious Emotional Injury Requirement 
  • Section 4. Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress (RIED) Generally
  • Section. 5 Reasonably Foreseeable Scope of Plaintiffs in Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress Claims

Chapter 65. Intentional Interference with Business Relationship 

  • Section 1. Intention Interference – Generally 

Chapter 66. Intentional Interference with Contractual Relationships 

  • Section 1. Intention Interference – Generally 
  • Section 2. Inducement to Breach – Parent Inducing Wholly-Owned Subsidiary 

Chapter 67. Interference With and Mishandling Human Remains 

  • Section 1. Interference – Generally 
  • Section 2. Damages 
  • Section 3. Who is Entitled to Maintain Action 

Chapter 68. Intrusion on Seclusion 

  • Section 1. Intrusion – Generally 

Chapter 69. Invasion of Privacy 

  • Section 1. Invasion – Generally 
  • Section 2. Appropriation of Another’s Name or Likeness 
  • Section 3. Intrusion Upon The Seclusion of Another
  • Section 4. False Light
  • Civil Action Related to the Disclosure of Intimate Images – Federal Statute

Chapter 70. Jurisdiction in Tort Cases 

  • Section 1. Personal Jurisdiction 

Chapter 71. Last Clear Chance Rule 

  • Section 1. Last Clear Chance Rule – Generally 

Chapter 72. Legal Malpractice 

  • Section 1. Legal Malpractice – Generally 
  • Section 2. Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claims 
  • Section 3. Burden of Criminal Defendant as Plaintiff 
  • Section 4. Effect of Violation of Ethics Rules 
  • Section 5. Discovery Rule 
  • Section 6. Statute of Repose 
  • Section 7. Punitive Damages 
  • Section 8. Recoverability of Attorney’s Fees 
  • Section 9. Stay of Litigation Pending Plaintiff’s Release from Jail
  • Section 10. Tennessee Consumer Protection Act – Application to Lawyers 

Chapter 73. Limitation of Actions (Statutes of Limitation) and Certain Statutes of Repose 

  • Section 1. Public Policy Reasons Underlying Statutes of Limitation 
  • Section 2. Applicability of Statutes of Limitation to Counterclaims and Cross-Claims 
  • Section 3. Death of a Minor 
  • Section 4. Discovery Rule 
  • Section 5. Discovery Rule Applied to Add Employer as Defendant after Statute of Limitations Expired 
  • Section 6. Discovery Rule in Defamation Cases 
  • Section 7. Discovery Rule in Negligence Infliction of Emotional Distress Cases 
  • Section 8. Avoiding a Statute of Limitations Defense – Equitable Estoppel 
  • Section 9. Avoiding a Statute of Limitations Defense – Adjudicated Incompetent 
  • Section 10. Fraudulent Concealment Exception to Statute of Limitations Generally 
  • Section 11. Impact of Conservatorship on Statute of Limitations 
  • Section 12. Impact of Grant of Durable Power of Attorney on Statute of Limitation 
  • Section 13. Improvement to Real Property Statute of Repose 
  • Section 14. Limitation of Action in Malicious Prosecution Case 
  • Section 15. Impact of Repressed Memory on Application of Statute of Limitation 
  • Section 16. Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 
  • Section 17. Analysis of Complaint to Determine which Limitations Period Applies 
  • Section 18. Potential Extension of Statute of Limitations When Defendant Dies Before Suit is Filed 
  • Section 19. Re-filing Case Under Savings Statute After Expiration of Statute of Repose 

Chapter 74. Liquor Liability 

  • Section 1. Claims Against Seller of Alcohol to Minors – Third Person Injured 
  • Section 2. Claim by Adult Alcohol Consumer Against Seller of Alcohol 
  • Section 3. Claim by Third Person Against Social Host Where Alcohol was Available to Minors 
  • Section 4. First Party Claim Against Bar for Furnishing (Not Selling) Alcohol to Minor 
  • Section 5. Provision of Alcohol (Non-Sale) by Social Host to Minor Who is Later Injured in Motor Vehicle Wreck 

Chapter 75. Loss of Chance 

  • Section 1. Loss of Chance – Generally 

Chapter 76. Loss of Consortium (Personal Injury Cases) 

  • Section 1. Loss of Consortium – Generally 

Chapter 77. Malicious Harassment 

  • Section 1. Malicious Harassment – Generally 

Chapter 78. Malicious Prosecution 

  • Section 1. Malicious Prosecution – Generally 
  • Section 2. Malice Element 
  • Section 3. Damages in Malicious Prosecution Actions 
  • Section 4. Advice of Counsel Defense 
  • Section 5. “Termination in the Plaintiff’s Favor” Element 
  • Section 6. “Without Probable Cause” Element 

Chapter 79. Minor, Right of Parent to Bring Claim 

  • Section 1. Right of Non-Primary Residential Parent to Assert Claim 

Chapter 80. Misrepresentation by Concealment 

  • Section 1. Misrepresentation by Concealment – Generally 

Chapter 81. Motor Vehicle Cases – Generally 

  • Section 1. Claim Against Employer Even After Employer Admits Fault and Vicarious Liability for Acts of Employee
  • Section 2. Common Carriers – Duty to Passengers
  • Section 3. Common Carriers – Duty to Passengers with Disabilities
  • Section 4. Dangerous Road Condition
  • Section 5. Driving with Obstruction to Vision
  • Section 6. Duty of Driver Generally
  • Section 7. Duty of Emergency Vehicle Operators
  • Section 8. Duty at Intersections
  • Section 9. Duty Not to Leave Keys Unattended in Vehicle
  • Section 10. Duty of Passenger
  • Section 11. Duty of Pedestrians
  • Section 12. Duty to Remove Road Debris
  • Section 13. Duty of Motor Vehicle Drivers – Private Property
  • Section 14. Duty of Road Construction Contractor
  • Section 15. Family Purpose Doctrine
  • Section 16. Imputation of Fault from Vehicle Driver to Vehicle Passenger
  • Section 17. Overcoming Statutory Presumption of Agency
  • Section 18. Physical Facts Rule
  • Section 19. Admissibility of Police Reports in Motor Vehicle Crash Cases
  • Section 20. Statute of Limitations: No Tolling for Nonresident Defendants
  • Section 21. Sudden Loss of Consciousness or Physical Capacity as a Defense
  • Section 22. Waiver of Right of Way
  • Section 23. “Wet Road” Defense
  • Section 24. Evidence of Excessive Rate of Speed
  • Section 25. Limitation of Actions When State Citation Has Been Issued / Criminal Charges Filed.

Chapter 82. Motor Vehicle Cases – Insurance Issues 

  • Section 1. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Failure to Give Timely Notice
  • Section 2. Liability Insurance – Duty of Insurer to Give Notice to Claimant of Declaratory Judgment Action Concerning Coverage
  • Section 3. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Duty to Timely Commence Action Against Defendant to Trigger Uninsured Motorist Claim
  • Section 4. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Offsets
  • Section 5. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Post-Judgment Interest
  • Section 6. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Prejudgment Interest
  • Section 7. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Proof Required in a No-Contact John Doe Case
  • Section 8. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Statutory Arbitration Procedures
  • Section 9. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Comparative Fault
  • Section 10. Uninsured Motorist Cases- Limitation of Actions Against Uninsured Motorist Carrier
  • Section 11. Uninsured Motorist Cases – Service of Process

Chapter 83. Negligent or Intentional Acts by a Child 

  • Section 1. Application of the “Rule of 7s” 
  • Section 2. Liability of Parents for Intentional or Malicious Acts of Children 
  • Section 3. Liability of Parents for Nonintentional Acts of Children 
  • Section 4. Liability of Parents for Negligently Supervising Child 

Chapter 84. Negligence Per Se 

  • Section 1. Ordinances and Negligence Per Se 
  • Section 2. Statutes and Negligence Per Se 
  • Section 3. Regulations and Negligence Per Se 
  • Section 4. Internal Policies and Negligence Per Se 

Chapter 85. Negligence Arising During Bailment 

  • Section 1. Negligence Arising During Bailment – Generally 

Chapter 86. Negligent Entrustment 

  • Section 1. Negligent Entrustment – Generally 
  • Section 2. Does Negligent Entrustment Give Rise to Vicarious Liability? 

Chapter 87. Negligent Hiring, Supervision and Retention 

  • Section 1. Negligent Hiring, Supervision and Retention – Generally 

Chapter 88. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress (“NIED”) 

  • Section 1. NIED Cases Arising from Injuries to Another – Plaintiff Witnessed Event
  • Section 2. NIED Cases Arising from Injuries to Another – Plaintiff Did Not Witness Actual Event
  • Section 3. NIED Claim of Parents Against Health Care Provider for Emotional Injury Arising from Negligent Care of Plaintiff’s Minor Child
  • Section 4. Proof in Parasitic Claims (Where Emotional Injury Arising from Conduct Which is One of Multiple Claims for Damages)
  • Section 5. Relationship Requirement in Stand-Alone Claims
  • Section 6. Serious Emotional Injury Requirement in Stand Alone Claims
  • Section 7. “Stand-Alone” NIED Cases (Plaintiff Directly Involved in Incident but Suffered Only an Emotional Injury)

Chapter 89. Negligent Misrepresentation 

  • Section 1. When is There a Duty to Disclose Material Facts? 
  • Section 2. Negligent Misrepresentation of Paternity 
  • Section 3. Negligent Misrepresentations by Professionals and Business Persons 
  • Section 4. Reasonable Reliance Element 
  • Section 5 – Negligent Misrepresentation and the Economic Loss Doctrine 
  • Section 6. “Statements of Present Fact” 

Chapter 90. Nuisance 

  • Section 1. Temporary and Permanent Nuisances Generally 
  • Section 2. Nuisance Claim Against Government Entity 
  • Section 3. Damages for Permanent Nuisance 
  • Section 4. Damages for Temporary Nuisance 
  • Section 5. Limitation of Actions in Nuisance Cases 
  • Section 6. Application of Statute of Repose in Nuisance Cases 

Chapter 91. Parent – Child Immunity 

  • Section 1. Parent – Child Immunity – Generally 

Chapter 92. Personal Property 

  • Section 1. Suit to Recover Personal Property from Governmental Entity 
  • Section 2. Measuring Damages to Personal Property 
  • Section 3. Limitation of Actions in Claims Involving Damage to or Loss of Personal Property 

Chapter 93. Physician – Patient Confidentiality 

  • Section 1. Physician – Patient Confidentiality – Generally 
  • Section 2. Right of Defendant in HCLA Case to Have Ex Parte Communication with Plaintiff’s Treating Physicians 

Chapter 94. Physical or Mental Disability, Impact in Tort Cases

  • Section 1. Mental Disorder / Disability as a Defense 
  • Section 2. Impact of Visual Difficulty 
  • Section 3. Impact of Voluntary Intoxication 

Chapter 95. Policeman and Fireman’s Rule 

  • Section 1. Policeman and Fireman’s Rule 

Chapter 96. Preemption 

  • Section 1. Federal Preemption Generally 

Chapter 97. Premises Liability 

  • Section 1. Duty Owed by Property Owners / Possessors Generally 
  • Section 2. Accepted Work Doctrine 
  • Section 3. Duty to Independent Contractors Working on Premises 
  • Section 4. Duty of Landlord Concerning Leased Premises 
  • Section 5. Impact of the Recreational Use Statute on a Premises Liability Case 
  • Section 6. Impact of the Statute of Repose for Improvements to Real Property on Premises Liability Cases
  • Section 7. Liability for Criminal Acts of Third Persons
  • Section 8. Non-Delegable Duty to the Public Exception to General Rule that Property Owners Are Not Responsible for Negligence by Independent Contractor
  • Section 9. Open and Obvious Danger
  • Section 10. Proof of Notice of Dangerous Condition
  • Section 11. Snow and Ice Resulting in Pedestrian Injuries
  • Section 12. Test to Determine Whether Plaintiff is a Trespasser

Chapter 98. Products Liability 

  • Section 1. Allocation of Fault to a Product – Procedure After Adoption of Comparative Fault
  • Section 2. Application of the Consumer Expectation Test to All Products
  • Section 3. Breach of Warranty
  • Section 4. Causation in Products Liability Cases
  • Section 5. Claim Against Manufacturer of Alcohol
  • Section 6. Component Parts Doctrine
  • Section 7. Post-Sale Duty to Warn
  • Section 8. Duty to Warn – Time of Sale
  • Section 9. Economic Loss Doctrine
  • Section 10. Feasible, Alternative Design
  • Section 11. Learned Intermediary Doctrine
  • Section 12. Misrepresentation
  • Section 13. Admissibility of Other Similar Incidents
  • Section 14. Seller Liability – Generally
  • Section 15. Seller Liability After Bankruptcy Filing by Manufacturer
  • Section 16. Seller Liability Because of Inability to Serve Process on Manufacturer of Product
  • Section 17. Statute of Repose in Products Liability Cases
  • Section 18. Tests to Determine Whether a Product is Defective or Unreasonably Dangerous

Chapter 99. Punitive Damages 

  • Section 1. Editor’s Note – Punitive Damages Generally
  • Section 2. Punitive Damages – Allowable in Breach of Warranty Claim
  • Section 3. Punitive Damages – Breach Higher Degree of Care May Lower Threshold for Punitive Damages

Chapter 100. Rescue Doctrine 

  • Section 1. Rescue Doctrine – Generally 

Chapter 101. Res Ipsa Loquitor in Non-HCLA (Medical Negligence) Cases 

  • Section 1. Res Ipsa Loquitor in Non-HCLA (Medical Negligence) Cases – Generally 

Chapter 102. Savings Statute 

  • Section 1. Savings Statute – Generally 

Chapter 103. Settlement 

  • Section 1. Financial Impact of Settlement with One of Multiple Tortfeasors on the Ability of Plaintiff to Collect Money from Other Tortfeasors 
  • Section 2. Admissibility of Settlement with One Party at Trial Involving Remaining, Non-settling Defendant(s) 
  • Section 3. Enforcement of Settlement Agreement Announced in Open Court 

Chapter 104. Spoliation of Evidence 

  • Section 1. Spoliation of Evidence – Generally 

Chapter 105. Spousal Immunity 

  • Section 1. Spousal Immunity – Generally 

Chapter 106. State of Tennessee, Tort Claims Against the State (Actions Before the Tennessee Claims Commission) 

  • Section 1. Jurisdiction Generally 
  • Section 2. “Care, Custody and Control of Persons” – Child Placement 
  • Section 3. “Care, Custody and Control of Persons” – Visitor to State Park 
  • Section 4. Acts or Omissions of State Employees 
  • Section 5. Constructive Notice of Dangerous Conditions 
  • Section 6. Discretionary Function Immunity in Cases Against the State of Tennessee 
  • Section 7. Limitation of Actions in Claims Against the State of Tennessee 
  • Section 8. Recreational Use Statute – Impact in Claims Against the State of Tennessee 
  • Section 9. Road and Bridge Cases—Effect of Contracts with Other Entities for Road Maintenance
  • Section 10. Time of Filing Notice of Claim and Impact on Fault of Others
  • Section 11. Waiver of Other Claims Arising from Filing Claim in Tennessee Claims Commission

Chapter 107. Strict Liability for Ultra-Hazardous Activities 

  • Section 1. Strict Liability for Ultra-Hazardous Activities – Generally 

Chapter 108. Subrogation 

  • Section 1. Effect of Fault of Employer or Employee on Worker’s Compensation Subrogation Interest
  • Section 2. Effect of Uninsured Motorist Coverage Recovery on Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Interest
  • Section 3. Interest of Non-ERISA, Non-Worker’s Compensation Insurance Carriers
  • Section 4. Recoverability of Subrogation Monies from Recovery Obtained by Loss of Consortium Plaintiff
  • Section 5. Interest of Uninsured Motorist Insurers – Recovery from Automobile Products Liability Settlement
  • Section 6. Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Interest – Future Medical Bills
  • Section 7. Role of Plaintiff Asserting Subrogation Interest at Trial
  • Section 8. Worker’s Compensation Subrogation – Made Whole Doctrine Not Applicable

Chapter 109. Subsequent Medical Negligence, Liability of Original Tortfeasor 

  • Section 1. Subsequent Medical Negligence – Generally 

Chapter 110. Sudden Emergency Doctrine 

  • Section 1. Sudden Emergency Doctrine – Generally 
  • Section 2. Medically Incapacitating Disorder as a Sudden Emergency Defense 

Chapter 111. Suicide, Cases Involving 

  • Section 1. Claim Arising Out of Suicide (Defendant was Plaintiff’s Health Care Provider)
  • Section 2. Claim Arising Out of Suicide (Defendant Not Plaintiff’s Health Care Provider)

Chapter 112. Trespass 

  • Section 1. Trespass – Generally 

Chapter 113. Trespass to Chattels

  • Section 1. Trespass to Chattels – Generally 

Chapter 114. Unavoidable Accident 

  • Section 1. Unavoidable Accident – Generally 

Chapter 115. Unfair Competition 

  • Section 1. Unfair Competition – Generally 

Chapter 116. Vicarious Liability 

  • Section 1. Apparent or Ostensible Agency 
  • Section 2. Alter-Ego 
  • Section 3. Circumstances When Principle Is Not Liable for Acts of Agent 
  • Section 4. Claim Against Employer Even After Employer Admits Fault and Vicarious Liability for Acts of Employer 
  • Section 5. Liability of Employer for Acts of Independent Contractor 
  • Section 6. Liability of Insurer for Acts of an Attorney 
  • Section 7. Loaned Servant Doctrine 
  • Section 8. Analysis of Agent v. Independent Contractor Issue 
  • Section 9. Analysis of the Respondeat Superior and Borrowed Servant Issue 
  • Section 10. Statutory/Regulatory Basis to Impose Liability on Employer for Criminal Conduct of Employee 
  • Section 11. Employer’s Liability for Acts of Employee Alleged to be “Intentional” Acts

Chapter 117. Wrongful Death 

  • Section 1. Common Fund Doctrine
  • Section 2. Damages in Cases Involving Death of Spouse or Parent
  • Section 3. Distribution of Wrongful Death Proceeds
  • Section 4. Effect of Negligence by Wrongful Death Beneficiary on the Recovery of Damages
  • Section 5. Limitations of Actions – Applicability of Discovery Rule in Wrongful Death Cases
  • Section 6. Limitation of Actions – Death of a Minor
  • Section 7. Loss of Consortium Claim for the Death of a Child
  • Section 8. Proper Parties Plaintiff (Who Can Assert Cause of Action)
  • Section 9. Reduction of Economic Losses for Personal Maintenance Expenses
  • Section 10. Waiver of Right to Portion of Wrongful Death Proceeds
  • Section 11. Rights of Spouse who is Not in Household – Abandonment
  • Section 12. Standing of Alleged Intentional Tortfeasor to Bring Suit for Wrongful Death of Another
  • Section 13. Standing to Bring Suit by One Other Than One Having Primary Right
  • Section 14. Wrongful Death Claim Brought by Parent Who Owes Back Child Support
  • Section 15. Proper Plaintiff When Surviving Spouse Allegedly Contributed to Cause of Death of Decedent
  • Section 16. Death In Utero.
  • Section 17. Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Wrongful Death Cases

Chapter 118. Wrongful Pregnancy 

  • Section 1. Wrongful Life / Pregnancy – Generally 

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