Legal Opinion
Baker v. Hughes
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1975PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Justice.
Plaintiff, Junior Baker, filed an action in the Circuit Court of Benton County to recover damages for the wrongful death of his wife, who was killed in a collision between the ambulance in which she was riding and a tractor trailer rig. The collision occurred on January 11, 1975, on Highway 70 within the limits of the Town of Huntington (Carroll County), Tennessee. Named as defendants were Benton County, the owner of the ambulance involved in the accident, and the owner, the lessee, the trip lessee, and the driver of the tractor trailer rig involved in the accident, and…
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