Barbara McGinnis v. State of Tennessee, Dissent

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs April 14, 2015 BARBARA MCGINNIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Interlocutory Appeal from the Tennessee Claims Commission for the Western Division No. 20131446 Commissioner Nancy Miller-Herron, Judge No. W2014-02272-COA-R9-CV – Filed April 30, 2015 J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., DISSENTING: The majority concludes that Appellee’s failure to file her notice of appeal with the Claims Commission within ninety days of the date the Division of Claims Administration denied the claim is fatal to her appeal. See generally

Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-8-402(c).…