Kennedy v. Perry

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit pursuant to the Governmental Tort Liability Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-101 et seq., against defendants, Henry L. Perry and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metro), seeking damages for injuries to her person and property as the result of an automobile accident.

At the conclusion of a bench trial, the Trial Court found that plaintiff had sustained damages in the amount of $13,-019.55 but that her negligence contributed forty percent to the accident. Judgment was entered in plaintiff’s favor for $7,811.73…