Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Lockwood Products Division of J.L. Underwood
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 29, 1986PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether the one-year statute of limitations set forth in Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-104 bars plaintiff James T. Gibson’s suit against defendants Loren Cook Company and R.D. Herbert & Sons.
The facts out of which this suit arose are as follows:
Plaintiff was injured on June 12, 1984, while operating “a short reject fan apparatus designed to shred and/or cut cloth” (hereafter the machine) at his place of employment, Steiner-Liff Textile Products Company.
While plaintiff was operating the machine, it began to clog or jam when a quantity of cloth failed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCroskey v. Bryant Air Conditioning CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Security Bank & Trust Co. of Ponca City v. Fabricating, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- Hoffman v. Hospital Affiliates, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- Jackson v. General Motors Corp., Oldsmobile Div.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1969
- Gosnell v. Ashland Chemical, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Harwell v. American Medical Systems, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1992
- Russell Simmons v. South Central Skyworker's, Inc., Skyworker's Sales and Service, Correct Manufacturing Company, and Unknown Rich's Precision FoundryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Soper v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1996
- Craig ex rel. craig v. R.R. Street & Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. WardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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