Legal Opinion
Helton v. Knox County, Tenn.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 1996PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRCH, Justice.
William T. Helton was killed when the vehicle he was driving went off the Coward Mill Bridge in Knox County. His widow brought suit under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), 1 on the theory that the county was liable for the death of her husband and damage to his automobile. She relied on Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-20-203, which removes governmental immunity “for any injury caused by a defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any street, alley, sidewalk or highway, owned and controlled by such governmental entity.” 2 She alleged that the bridge was unsafe…
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