[DOWNLOAD] "Karen Helton v. Knox County" by San Antonio the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Karen Helton v. Knox County
- Author : San Antonio the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
- Release Date : January 13, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
William T. Helton was killed when the vehicle he was driving went off the Coward Mill Bridge in Knox County. His widow brought suit under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), on the theory that the county was liable for the death of her husband and damage to his automobile. She relied on Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-203, which removes governmental immunity "for any injury caused by a defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any street, alley, sidewalk or highway, owned and controlled by such governmental entity." She alleged that the bridge was unsafe because there were no guardrails on it. After a bench trial, the court found that the physical aspects of the roadway approaching the bridge and the bridge itself were not "defective, unsafe, or dangerous" and dismissed the case.