Legal Opinion

Smith v. Reed

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided December 11, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action, the Trial Court granted summary judgment, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiff Smith is the owner of the Play Center Nursery daycare, and plaintiff Chil-dress is an employee at the daycare. The Reeds filed criminal charges against the plaintiffs after they found blisters on the inside of their two year old son’s mouth. The Reeds attributed those blisters to Ms. Smith’s disciplining their son. She was accused of making their son, who had been biting other children, touch his mouth to a hot pepper. The charges of child abuse were dismissed following a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Byrd v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Union Carbide Corp. v. HuddlestonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Victoria Price Street v. National Broadcasting Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
  4. Langford v. Vanderbilt UniversityCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1958
  5. Stem v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1994

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Milligan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
  2. Glenn R. Funk v. Scripps Media, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2019
  3. Daniel B. Eisenstein v. WTVF-TV, News Channel 5 Network, LLCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
  4. Milligan v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2009
  5. Hill v. Old Navy, LLCDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2014

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