Need to Know Legal Matters
COURT ALLOWS VOLUNTEER ROOFER'S CLAIM TO PROCEED TO TRIAL AFTER HIS FALL FROM METAL ROOF
In Reynolds v. Rich, No. E2015-12245-COA-R3-CV, filed July 22, 2016, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant in a case brought by a volunteer roofer after the volunteer roofer slipped and fell while working on a metal roof. The defendant had arranged to help his daughter build a home. He had deeded the property to his daughter and did not retain any ownership interest in the property. He offered to assist his daughter in the constr
TWO RECENT TORT CASES DISMISSED DUE TO LACK OF FORESEEABILITY
A couple of recent cases from Tennessee's Court of Appeals illustrate the role of foreseeability--whether an accident or injury was "reasonably foreseeable"--in tort cases and how the absence of reasonable foreseeability can be fatal to the case. In Singletary v. Gatlinburlier, Inc., 2016 WL 164475 (Tenn.Ct.App. 4/25/16), a visitor fainted in a retail store in Gatlinburg and fell into an antique glass display case. The case shattered, piercing her chest and causing her death.