Swafford v. City of Chattanooga

OPINION

ANDERSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s judgment for damages for personal injury and property damage in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Clyde A. Swafford against Defendant-Appellant City of Chattanooga, and denying recovery to Plaintiff-Appellee Mary Swafford under the provisions of T.C.A. § 29-20-101 et seq., the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act. We affirm the decision of the trial court regarding Mr. Swafford’s recovery, reverse its decision regarding Mrs. Swafford’s recovery, and remand.

I

On Monday, August 1, 1983, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Clyde and Mary Swafford,…