Rosetta Willis v. Mike Settle

OPINION

W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

DAVID R. FARMER, J. and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J.,

joined.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for Plaintiff/Appel-lee. Plaintiff/Appellee was taken hostage by a prisoner who escaped from the control and custody of Defendant/Appellant, a private corporation contracting with the State of Tennessee to provide prison security. Defendant/Appellant asserts that it is entitled to immunity under the Public Duty Doctrine, that there was no material evidence on which the jury could have based its verdict,…