Gary L. West v. East Tennessee Pioneer Oil Co.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE May 25, 2005 Session Heard at Cookeville1 GARY L. WEST, ET AL. v. EAST TENNESSEE PIONEER OIL CO. d/b/a EXXON CONVENIENCE STORE Appeal by permission from the Court of Appeals, Eastern Section Circuit Court for Knox County No. 2-390-01 Hon. Harold Wimberly, Judge No. E2002-03039-SC-R11-CV - Filed August 18, 2005 We granted review in this case to determine whether convenience store employees owe a duty of reasonable care to persons on the roadways when the employees sell gasoline to an obviously intoxicated driver and/or assist the driver in pumping…