Roberts v. Roberts

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Annie Roberts, filed her complaint seeking damages for injuries she suffered after she was hit by a falling tree located on the defendant, Edith Roberts’, property.

Plaintiff has appealed from the trial court’s granting of defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Summary judgments are an efficient means to conclude cases that can be disposed of on legal issues alone. Bellamy v. Federal Express Corp., 749 S.W.2d 31, 33 (Tenn.1988); Brookins v. The Round Table, Inc., 624 S.W.2d 547, 550 (Tenn.1981). While they are not substitutes for trials of disputed factual…