Legal Opinion
Cheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Housing Authority
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 2009No. W2006-00304-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 253 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, Sp.J., joined. JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., filed a concurring and dissenting opinion.
The plaintiffs, survivors of a tenant shot and killed by the criminal act of another tenant, filed suit against the defendant housing authority, alleging negligence and breach of contract for failure to provide a safe premises. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the housing authority and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted review to determine whether the housing authority owed a duty of care, an…
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