Legal Opinion
Chambers v. City of Chattanooga
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 3, 2001PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · SwineyD. Michael Swiney, J.
in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, J., and CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., joined.
Jeffrey Chambers (“Chambers”), a police officer with the City of Chattanooga (“City”), was involved in an automobile accident. The City concluded Chambers was not acting in the course and scope of his employment when the accident occurred and refused to provide him a defense in the automobile accident lawsuit. After a jury concluded that Chambers was acting in the course and scope of his employment but exonerated him and the City of any liability, Chambers filed suit seeking to recover his attorney fees from the…
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