Terry Lynn v. City of Jackson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON November 14, 2001 Session TERRY BATES LYNN, ET AL. v. CITY OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals Circuit Court for the Madison County No. C-99-170 Roy Morgan, Jr., Judge No. W1999-01695-SC-R11-CV - Filed December 20, 2001 We granted this appeal to determine whether the trial court and the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the plaintiffs’ wrongful death claim after concluding that the one-year statute of limitations was not tolled during the minority of the decedent’s children or during the time the action was…