Alfred Carroll Jones and Betty Jones v. City of Johnson City, Tennessee

OPINION

SUSANO, Judge.

This suit was brought against the City of Johnson City (Johnson City) pursuant to the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), T.C.A. § 29-20-101, et seq. The plaintiff, Alfred Carroll Jones (Jones), was injured while working at the Towne Acres Elementary School, a facility owned and operated by Johnson City. At the time of the injury, the school was closed while an addition was being built to the existing structure. The trial court granted Johnson City’s motion for summary judgment, holding that Jones expressly assumed the risk of his injury and “as a matter of…