Legal Opinion
Baggett v. Bedford County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 15, 2008No. M2007-00441-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly M. Kirby, J.
in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and STEVE R. DOZIER, Sp. J., joined.
This is a comparative negligence case. The plaintiff prisoner was incarcerated at the defendant county’s jail. The inmates were given an opportunity to earn a reduction in their sentences by performing construction work to expand the jail’s workhouse facility. The plaintiff volunteered for this program and was assigned the task of hanging cement board on the walls of the workhouse; the jail provided the plaintiff with a scaffold and a step ladder. The plaintiff was told to hang one of the boards at a height that could…
3Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bain v. WellsTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- Carvell v. BottomsTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- McIntyre v. BalentineTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- Perez v. McConkeyTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
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