Legal Opinion
Jerry Garrison v. Rita Bickford
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 2012No. E2010-02008-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 101 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
Following an accident which claimed the life of their teenage son, the deceased’s parents filed claims for wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress against the driver and owner of the car that struck their son. The parents also sought to recover from their own insurance company under the uninsured motorist provisions of their policy. The driver of the car settled, paying the deceased’s parents $25,000 for their wrongful death claim and $25,000 for their negligent…
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