Legal Opinion
Dorsett Carpet Mills, Inc. v. Whitt Tile & Marble Distributing Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1987PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Justice.
We granted permission to appeal to consider the appropriate measure of damages in a cause of action predicated on an intentional commercial tort.
Dorsett Carpet Mills, Inc. [Dorsett], a Georgia carpet manufacturer, was a supplier of the Whitt Tile and Marble Distributing Company, Inc. [Whitt], a division of which wholesaled carpet products. On 30 April 1976, Dorsett filed suit in the Shelby County Circuit Court seeking the balance due for carpet sold on an open account to Whitt. Whitt subsequently filed a counterclaim and instituted a third party action against the former…
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- Dukes v. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, ETC.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
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