Greenhill v. Carpenter

TOMLIN, Presiding Judge (W.S.)

Sylvia Greenhill (hereafter “plaintiff”) brought a suit, sounding in both tort and contract, in the Circuit Court of Shelby County against the president, athletic director, the then head football coach of Memphis State University (now deceased), and against its Department of Athletics (hereafter “MSU defendants”). She sued in both her individual capacity and as ad-ministratrix of the estate of her son, Charles Greenhill, Jr. Plaintiff’s tort claim is based on the alleged negligence on the part of the MSU defendants, resulting in the death of her son in an…