Legal Opinion

Hill v. City of Germantown

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 2000PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HolderHolder, J.

ANDERSON, C.J., and BIRCH and BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine: 1) under what circumstances judgment may be entered against an employee of a governmental entity pursuant to TenmCode Ann. § 29-20-310(b) and (c) of the Governmental Tort Liability Act; and 2) whether Jordan v. Baptist Three Rivers Hosp., 984 S.W.2d 593 (Tenn.1999), applies retroactively to this case to permit loss of consortium damages to be awarded to the plaintiffs. For the reasons stated below, we hold that Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-310(b) precludes the entry of a judgment against the employee when…

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