Tennessee widow's wrongful death case over collision with fire truck filed too late
JACKSON, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A Tennessee trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action filed by the widow of a man killed in a head-on collision with a county fire truck has been affirmed by an appeals court. The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson in an opinion filed Dec. 8 agreed with the trial court that the widow, Susan Durham, filed the action beyond the one-year statute of limitations under the state’s Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA). The GTLA grants immunity from civil action to Tennessee counties with some exceptions -- one involves claims that arise form th...
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