Larry Sneed v. The City of Red Bank, Tennessee

OPINION

in which SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, JEFFREY S. BIVINS, and HOLLY M. KIRBY, JJ., joined.

We granted review in this interlocutory appeal to determine whether the analysis the Court of Appeals employed in Young v. Davis, No. E2008-01974-COA-R3-CV, 2009 WL 3518162, at *6-7 (Tenn.Ct.App. Oct. 30, 2009), to conclude that Tennessee Public Protection Act (“TPPA”) claims against governmental entities must be tried without a jury in the manner prescribed by the Governmental Tort Liability Act (“GTLA”), should be applied to determine whether a Tennessee Human Rights Act (“THRA”) claim…