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STREET v. CALVERT

541 S.W.2d 576 (1976)

Elliot Crawford STREET, Administrator of the Estate of Doris C. Street, Deceased, Petitioner, v. David CALVERT and Joe Calvert, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Magids, Krivcher & Magids, Memphis, for petitioner.

John J. Thomason, Thomason, Crawford & Hendrix, Robert V. Redding, Memphis, for respondents.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

We granted the writ of certiorari in this case and expressly limited consideration to the following: (1) the effect of the failure of the trial judge to instruct on the doctrines of discovered peril and last clear chance; (2) is the posture of this case such that this Court may properly consider the adoption of a rule of comparative negligence; (3) the propriety of adopting such a rule; and (4) the type of comparative negligence which...

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