Sanders v. State

CRAWFORD, Judge.

Defendant, State of Tennessee, appeals from a judgment rendered by the Claims Commission awarding claimant Andrew Sanders $33,000.00 and his parents, claimants Lawrence and Pamela Sanders $12,-000.00.

The facts are virtually undisputed. On May 25, 1987, Andrew Sanders, the nine year old son of Lawrence and Pamela Sanders, was climbing on some wooden monkey bars at a playground area in the Cumberland Mountain State Park near Crossville. He apparently lost his hold on the bar while climbing, fell to the ground and struck his head on an exposed concrete footing which held one of…