Woods v. Fields

FARMER, Judge.

This case arose out of the death of Olice C. Fields, Jr. (“Mr. Fields, Jr.”) on May 23, 1977. At the time of his death, Mr. Fields, Jr. was living in Shelby County, Tennessee, with Julia Faye Woods Tipton (“Ms. Tip-ton”) and their two-year-old illegitimate daughter, Karen Woods. As a result of his death, the parents of Mr. Fields, Jr., Olice C. Fields, Sr. and Willie Fai Fields (“Mr. and Mrs. Fields, Sr.”), filed suit in federal district court on May 9, 1978 against, inter alia, Shelton Fertilizer Company, Inc. (“Shelton Fertilizer”) and three of its employees, the City of…