METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE v. COUNTS


541 S.W.2d 133 (1976)

The METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Cleophius COUNTS and Mary Alice Counts, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Curry, Nashville, for petitioner.

Robert T. McGowan, Jack Norman, Nashville, for respondents.


OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

Cleophius and Mary Alice Counts (hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs) filed an action against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (hereinafter referred to as defendant), seeking to recover damages for the death of their son, Michael, by drowning in a pond located on the premises of the Bordeaux County Hospital. The hospital is owned and maintained by defendant...

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