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HATAWAY v. McKINLEY

830 S.W.2d 53 (1992)

Louis G. HATAWAY, Jr., and Freddie D. Hataway, Parents and Next of Kin of Louis G. Hataway, III, Deceased, and Louis G. Hataway, Jr., and Freddie D. Hataway, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Louis G. Hataway, III, Deceased, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Robert W. McKINLEY, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee L. Piovarcy, David Wade, Scott T. Beall, Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C., Memphis, for plaintiffs/appellants.

John R. Cannon, Jr., Karen R. Renneisen, Hardison Law Firm, Memphis, for defendant/appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether the lex loci delicti conflicts-of-law doctrine should continue to be followed in tort cases in Tennessee. The decedent, Grady Hataway, died as a result of complications from a scuba dive in an Arkansas rock quarry. The dive took place as part of a scuba class taught at Memphis State University by the defendant, Robert McKinley. Although both the decedent and the defendant were...

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