Norman Hamby v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON September 19, 2002 Session NORMAN HAMBY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE A Direct Appeal from the Tennessee Claims Commission No. 20100628 The Honorable Randy C. Camp, Commissioner No. W2002-00928-COA-R3-CV This is a premises liability case arising from Plaintiff’s fall into a ventilation pit on the University of Tennessee at Memphis (referred to herein as UT) campus when an aluminum grate covering the opening collapsed while Plaintiff was standing on it. The Commissioner of Claims of the Western Division held that the accident was not foreseeable and that…