Legal Opinion

Erwin v. Rose

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 15, 1998PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Judge.

This case involves questions of the liability of a municipality and its agents under the Governmental Tort Liability Act. It also involves a question of the liability of a plaintiffs underinsured motorist carrier when the plaintiff has recovered from the tort-feasor more than the policy limits. We affirm the lower court’s order on the liability of the municipality and its agents and the order dismissing the claim against the underin-sured motorist carrier. We reverse the order awarding prejudgment interest because it raises the recovery from the municipality over…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Collins v. City of Harker HeightsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Medina v. City & County DenverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hill v. City of GermantownTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Sherer v. LinginfelterTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Poper Ex Rel. Poper v. RollinsTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Green v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Arbuckle v. City of ChattanoogaDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2010

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