Legal Opinion
Tedder v. Raskin
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 29, 1987PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
The plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict for the defendants at the close of the plaintiffs’ proof in a jury trial. This case involves the increasingly common question of a landlord’s liability to tenants for criminal acts by third parties on the leased premises, a question on which Tennessee law is unclear at this time.
The defendants owned and operated the Fawnwood Apartments in which the plaintiffs, Mrs. Tedder and her son, Scotty, resided in January 1982. In the early-morning hours of January 27, 1982, a bullet came through the wall of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cornpropst v. SloanTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Brookins v. the Round Table, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1981
- Jones v. Zayre, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Willcox v. HinesTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
- Benson v. H.G. Hill Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Cheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Housing AuthorityTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Doe v. Linder Const. Co., Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- West v. East Tennessee Pioneer Oil Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- United States v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
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