Legal Opinion
Buckner v. Cocke County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 19, 1986PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKS, Judge.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether T.C.A., § 29-ll-105(a)(l)1 estab*473lishes a bar to the plaintiffs proceeding against the defendant governmental entity where plaintiff has been paid $125,000.00 by another defendant in the original action and the parties have stipulated the maximum potential liability of the remaining defendant is $40,000.00, as established by T.C.A., § 29-20-311.
After this action was brought against Cocke County Baptist Hospital, Cocke County, Tennessee and its department, Cocke County Ambulance Service, the plaintiff gave a covenant not to sue…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Truesdale v. South Carolina Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1975
- Shields A. Layne v. United States of America, Shields A. Layne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Yett v. Smoky Mountain Aviation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
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