New Case Involving Comparative Fault and Sec. 20-1-119

The Tennessee Supreme Court issued its opinion in Austin v. State of Tennessee, No. M2005-01300-SC-R11-CV (Tenn. May 1, 2007).

Here's the link:

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/PDF/072/AustinOPN.pdf

This case should be read with Brown v. Wal-Mart Discount Cities, 12 S.W.3d 785 (Tenn. 2000).

Both cases involve the allocation of fault and the interplay between that allocation of fault and Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-1-119.

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