Legal Opinion
Thomason v. Wayne County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 3, 1980PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEN H. CANTRELL, Special Judge.
In this death action involving a question of the liability of Wayne County based on negligence, nuisance and strict liability, the Trial Court held the County guilty of ordinary negligence but dismissed the action because of the contributory negligence of the decedent.
The decedent, Douglas W. Thomason, Jr., was killed in an accident on March 30,1977 on Iron City Road, a crooked two-lane paved highway maintained by the Wayne County Highway Department. At the place of the accident the highway curves to the right on the side of a hill passing above a steep…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ellithorpe v. Ford Motor CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- Stagner v. CraigTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
- Cooper v. Rutherford CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Buckholtz v. Hamilton CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1943
- Tipton Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. DennisTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1986
- Buckner v. VarnerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- Helton v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- Richard Conroy v. City of DicksonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
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