Brown v. State

OPINION

ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.

The Tennessee Claims Commission dismissed this claim for negligent deprivation of a statutory right upon finding that the statute relied upon contained no private right of action. We affirm.

I. Facts & Procedural History

In March of 2008, Grady Hayes Brown filed a “Claim for Damages” against the State of Tennessee with the Division of Claims Administration, and the claim was subsequently transferred to the Tennessee Claims Commission. Mr. Brown alleged that he was…