Richard Moreno v. City of Clarksville

As early as 1799, the Superior Court of Law and Equity of Tennessee adopted, the principle that the courts of this state should interpret the law in a manner that elevates “the justice of the case” over “technical formality,” Glasgow’s Lessee v. Smith, 1 Tenn. 144, 151 (1799), It is equally well established that “Tennessee law strongly favors the resolution of all disputes on their merits,” and that remedial statutes must “be given a broad and liberal construction in order to achieve this goal.” Henley v. Cobb, 916 S.W.2d 915, 916 (Tenn.1996). This case involves a claim brought pursuant to…