Legal Opinion
Linkous v. Lane
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 14, 2008No. E2007-01054-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · FranksHerschel Pickens Franks, P.J.
in which CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., concurred, and SHARON G. LEE, J., concurred in part and dissented in part.
This wrongful death action was brought by the widow of deceased, who committed suicide in the county jail. The Trial Court granted summary judgment to defendant County on the grounds that the undisputed evidence established that the defendant’s suicide was not foreseeable. On appeal, we affirm.
In this wrongful death action, the plaintiff widow sued defendant County for the wrongful death of her husband who committed suicide in the County Jail.
The Complaint alleged that the…
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