Legal Opinion
GIGGERS v. Memphis Housing Authority
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 2012No. W2010-00806-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANICE M. HOLDER, J„
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
The plaintiffs, survivors of a tenant killed by the criminal act of another tenant, filed suit against the defendant housing authority. The plaintiffs alleged the housing authority was negligent in failing to evict the other tenant at the first instance of violent behavior. The housing authority filed a motion for summary judgment claiming federal regulations preempted the plaintiffs’ negligence claim and that it was immune from…
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