Legal Opinion
Russell v. City of Memphis
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 25, 2002No. W2001-01307-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · FarmerDavid R. Farmer, J.
in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, J. and DON R. ASH, Sp. J., joined.
This is an appeal from a wrongful death action brought against the City of Memphis pursuant to the Governmental Tort Liability Act. The trial court granted summary judgment to the City of Memphis, finding that at the time of the accident giving rise to this action its employee was not acting within the scope of his employment. We affirm.
The facts giving rise to this action are undisputed. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 19, 1995, decedent Bobby E. Russell was doing yard work when he was struck and killed by a passing…
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