Legal Opinion
Fretwell v. Chaffin
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1983PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
These separate property damage actions were consolidated for trial without a jury. The cases arose out of a collision between two automobiles at an intersection in Knoxville, Tennessee. Each driver sued the other for property damage sustained in the collision, and, in addition, each driver sued the City of Knoxville for alleged negligence in the maintenance of a traffic sign on one of the streets. The trial judge concluded that the accident would not have happened but for the fact that the traffic control sign had been obscured by the foliage of a small tree or shrub.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- O'HARE v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Stephen v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- De La Rosa v. City of San BernardinoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
- Brown v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1968
- Fox v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1973
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Kirby v. MacOn CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- Jenkins v. Loudon CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
- Helton v. Knox County, Tenn.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1996
- Larry Sneed v. The City of Red Bank, TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
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