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- Chapter 1: Abuse of Process
- Chapter 2: Animal Control Officer's Rule
- Chapter 3: Animals
- Chapter 4: Assault and Battery
- Chapter 5: Assumption of Risk
- Chapter 6: Attorney's Lien
- Chapter 7: Bad Faith Failure of Insurer to Pay First Party Claim (Statutory Cause of Action)
- Chapter 8: Bad Faith Failure to Settle (Common Law Claim)
- Chapter 9: Causation
- Chapter 10: Charitable Immunity
- Chapter 11: Comparative Fault
- §11.1 Abolition of Joint and Several Liability as General Rule
- §11.2 Addition of Defendants After Expiration of Statute of Limitations (Tenn. Code Ann. ¤ 20-1-119)
- §11.3 Allocation of Fault to One Protected by Governmental Immunity
- §11.4 Allocation of Fault to One Protected by Statute of Repose
- §11.5 Allocation of Fault to One Whose Conduct Cannot Be the Legal Cause of an Injury
- §11.6 Allocation of Fault to a Product
- §11.7 Allocation of Fault to an Unknown Party Generally
- §11.8 Allocation of Fault to an Unknown Party in a Motor Vehicle Case
- §11.9 Applicability to Breach of Implied Warranty Cases
- §11.10 Applicability to Fraud
- §11.11 Applicability to Nuisance
- §11.12 Bifurcated Fault Allocations
- §11.13 Duty of Defendant to Allege Causative Acts or Omissions of Another
- §11.14 Effect of Concerted Action
- §11.15 Effect of Co-Tortfeasor Committing Intentional Wrong
- §11.16 Effect of Injured Plaintiff's Fault on Recoverability in Loss of Consortium Claimant's Action
- §11.17 Effect on Tenn. Code Ann. ¤ 56-7-1201(UM Claim)
- §11.18 Factors Considered in Fault Allocations
- §11.19 Fault of Plaintiff's Employer or Co-Employee
- §11.20 Fifty Percent Rule
- §11.21 Financial Impact of Settlement With One of Multiple Tortfeasors 77
- §11.22 Indemnity
- §11.23 Modification by Trial Judge of Fault Percentages Assigned by Jury
- §11.24 Negligent Entrustment
- §11.25 Several Liability as a General Rule
- §11.26 Strict Liability Cases
- §11.27 Tortfeasors in a Single Event May be Tried Separately
- §11.28 Vicarious Liability After Comparative Fault
- Chapter 12: Confidential Relationship
- Chapter 13: Contribution
- Chapter 14: Conspiracy
- Chapter 15: Constructive Fraud
- Chapter 16: Conversion
- Chapter 17: Damages
- §17.1 Damages for Lost Profits
- §17.2 Election of Punitive Damages and TCPA Fees
- §17.3 Election of Treble vs. Punitive Damages
- §17.4 Itemization on Verdict Form
- §17.5 Personal Injury Damages
- §17.6 Prejudgment Interest on Personal Injury Cases
- §17.7 Property Damage
- §17.8 Punitive Damages
- §17.9 Recovery of Loss of Consortium Damages by Children for Injuries to Parent
- Chapter 18: Defamation
- Chapter 19: Duty
- Chapter 20: Expert Witnesses
- Chapter 21: False Imprisonment
- Chapter 22: Family Purpose Doctrine
- Chapter 23: Fraud
- Chapter 24: Government Tort Liability Act
- §24.1 Constructive Notice of Defective Condition
- §24.2 Discretionary Function Exception
- §24.3 Government Healthcare Providers as Tortfeasors
- §24.4 Immunity of Employees From Judgment
- §24.5 Intentional Tort Exclusion
- §24.6 Latent Defect
- §24.7 Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
- §24.8 Public Duty Doctrine
- §24.9 Road and Bridge Cases
- §24.10 Special Duty Exception to the Public Duty Doctrine
- §24.11 Statute of Limitations
- New Section
- 12.xx Limitations on Immunity Arising From Inspections
- Chapter 25: Gross Negligence
- Chapter 26: Imputed Negligence
- Chapter 27: Independent Contractor
- Chapter 28: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (Outrageous Conduct)
- Chapter 29: Intentional Interference with Business Relationship
- Chapter 30: Intentional Interference with Contractual Relationships
- Chapter 31: Invasion of Privacy
- Chapter 32: Last Clear Chance Rule
- Chapter 33: Legal Malpractice
- §33.1 Generally
- §33.2 Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claims
- §33.3 Burden of Criminal Defendant as Plaintiff
- §33.4 Effect of Violation of Ethics Rules
- §33.5 Limitation of Actions
- §33.6 Punitive Damages
- §33.7 Recoverability of Attorney's Fees
- §33.8 Stay of Litigation Pending Plaintiff's Release From Jail
- Chapter 34: Limitation of Actions
- §34.1 Continuing Medical Treatment Doctrine
- §34.2 Discovery Rule
- §34.3 Discovery Rule in Defamation Cases
- §34.4 Discovery Rule in Negligence Infliction of Emotional Distress Cases
- §34.5 Malicious Prosecution
- §34.6 Repressed Memory
- §34.7 Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940
- §34.8 Unsound Mind Exception
- Chapter 35: Liquor Liability
- Chapter 36: Loss of Consortium
- Chapter 37: Malicious Harassment
- Chapter 38: Malicious Prosecution
- Chapter 39: Medical Negligence
- §39.1 Ad Damnum
- §39.2 Allocation of Fault to Medical Negligence Plaintiff for Pre-Injury Conduct
- §39.3 Battery
- §39.4 Common Knowledge Exception
- §39.5 Duty of Hospital to Get Informed Consent
- §39.6 Duty, Non-Delegable
- §39.7 Duty of Nursing Home to Protect Patients From Criminal Acts of Employee
- §39.8 Duty of Pharmacist
- §39.9 Duty of Physician to Non-Patients When Prescribing Drug to Patient
- §39.10 Duty of Physician to Refer to a Specialist
- §39.11 Duty of Psychiatrist to Prevent Injury by Patients to Others
- §39.12 Duty to Warn Patient of HIV Infection
- §39.13 Duty to Warn Non-Patient Family Member of Risk of Contracting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from Patient
- §39.14 Error of Judgment Rule
- §39.15 Existence of Physician - Patient Relationship
- §39.16 Foreign Objects Exception to Statute of Repose
- §39.17 Fraudulent Concealment Exception to Statute of Repose
- §39.18 Informed Consent
- §39.19 Liability for Suicide
- §39.20 Locality Rule
- §39.21 Proof of Causation in Res Ipsa Cases
- §39.22 Re-filing Case Under Savings Statute After Expiration of Statute of Repose
- §39.23 Res Ipsa Loquitor
- §39.24 Special Damages Issues
- §39.25 Statute of Repose
- §39.26 Waiver of the Contiguous State Rule
- Sudden Emergency Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Cases NEW
- Hospital Liability for Acts of Non-Employee Physicians NEW
- Chapter 40: Motor Vehicle Cases
- §40.1 Common Carriers - Duty to Passengers
- §40.2 Duty of Driver Generally
- §40.3 Duty of Emergency Vehicle Operators
- §40.4 Duty at Intersections
- §40.5 Duty of Passenger
- §40.6 Duty of Pedestrians
- §40.7 Failure to Give Timely Notice of Uninsured Motorist Claim
- §40.8 Overcoming Statutory Presumption of Agency
- §40.9 Uninsured Motorist Cases - Offsets
- §40.10 Uninsured Motorist Cases - Proof Required in a No-Contact John Doe Case
- §40.11 Waiver of Right of Way
- Chapter 41: Negligence by a Child
- Chapter 42: Negligence Per Se
- Chapter 43: Negligent Entrustment
- Chapter 44: Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
- Chapter 45: Negligent Misrepresentation
- Chapter 46: Nuisance
- Chapter 47: Parent - Child Immunity
- Chapter 48: Personal Property
- Chapter 49: Physician - Patient Confidentiality
- Chapter 50: Physical or Mental Disability
- Chapter 51: Policeman and Fireman's Rule
- Chapter 52: Premises Liability
- Chapter 53: Products Liability
- §53.1 Allocation of Fault to a Product
- §53.2 Application of the Consumer Expectation Test to All Products
- §53.3 Component Parts Doctrine
- §53.4 Economic Loss Doctrine
- §53.5 Feasible Alternative Design
- §53.6 Learned Intermediary Doctrine
- §53.7 Misrepresentation
- §53.8 Statute of Repose
- §53.9 Test to Determine Whether a Product is Defective or Unreasonably Dangerous
- Other Similar Incidents NEW
- New Section
- Chapter 54: Punitive Damages
- Chapter 55: Rescue Doctrine
- Chapter 56: Res Ipsa Loquitor in Non-Medical Negligence Cases
- Chapter 57: Savings Statute
- Chapter 58: Spousal Immunity
- Chapter 59: State of Tennessee
- Chapter 60: Subrogation
- Chapter 61: Subsequent Medical Negligence, Liability of Original Tortfeasor
- Chapter 62: Sudden Emergency Doctrine
- Chapter 63: Trespass
- Chapter 64: Unavoidable Accident
- Chapter 65: Vicarious Liability
- §65.1 Apparent or Ostensible Agency
- §65.2 Employer for Acts of Independent Contractor
- §65.3 Liability of Insurer for Acts of an Attorney
- §65.4 Loaned Servant Doctrine
- §65.5 Responsibility for Acts of Agents
- §65.6 Responsibility for Acts of Employees
- §65.7 Statutory Basis to Impose Liability for Criminal Conduct of Another
- Chapter 66: Wrongful Death
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