Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Loudon County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 14, 1987PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
736 S.W.2d 603 (1987)
Nancy JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LOUDON COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.
September 14, 1987.
Peter Alliman, Madisonville, for plaintiff-appellant.
Harvey L. Sproul, Lenoir City, for defendant-appellee.
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
An issue of first impression is presented by this case. Application for Permission to Appeal was granted to determine whether the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, T.C.A. §§ 29-20-101, et seq. (GTLA), supercedes T.C.A. §§ 8-8-301 through 8-8-303, which provide a waiver of immunity to suit against a county…
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