Legal Opinion
Lipscomb v. Doe
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 2000PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · BarkerBarker, J.
in which, ANDERSON, C.J., and BIRCH, J., joined.
The primary issue in this case is whether a plaintiff properly initiates suit pursuant to the “John Doe” provisions of the uninsured motorist statutes when (1) the plaintiff is aware that the driver of the other vehicle is one of several persons, but (2) the plaintiff does not actually know which of the other possible drivers was responsible for the accident. The trial court dismissed the original “John Doe” complaint, finding that because the plaintiff was aware the other driver was one of three people, the other driver was not “unknown”…
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