Legal Opinion
Willett v. Ford
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 5, 1979PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PARROTT, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff/appellant Brenda Gale Willett brought this action below against defendant/appellant Charles Ford and defendant/appellee Larry Weems seeking $250,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for injuries suffered as the result of the defendants’ actions in causing a criminal warrant to issue against her. In her complaint Willett sought damages from the defendants for false arrest and imprisonment, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, slander, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and outrageous and extreme conduct.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Standard Oil Co. v. City of LincolnSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Bowman v. HenardTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Yaselli v. GoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Connie Reguli v. Joseph A. Woodruff et al.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2026
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