Mowdy v. Kelly

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs sued defendant Talmage Kelly (Kelly), Road Superintendent of Wayne County, Tennessee, and defendant-appellant Wayne County, Tennessee, under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, T.C.A. § 29-20-101 et seq., and alleged they were injured and their automobile damaged as a result of the negligence of the defendants. Subsequent to a bench trial, the Trial Judge dismissed the complaint against Kelly and entered judgment for plaintiffs and against defendant-appellant Wayne County.

The legislature, by enacting the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act,…