Gordon v. City of Henderson

OPINION

COOPER, Judge.

The appeal was granted to test the action of the Court of Appeals in affirming the dismissal of plaintiffs’ cause of action. According to the complaint, four residents of Henderson, Tennessee, died from smoke inhalation and asphyxiation on November 27,1984, when a fire destroyed the home in which they were residing. The complaint filed was not detailed, but does allege that the deaths were proximately caused by the negligence of the City of Henderson Fire Department in that:(1) its firemen were absent from their regular duty station, and had to be located by the Henderson…