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READ v. THOMAS

679 S.W.2d 467 (1984)

Maggie K. READ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fate THOMAS, Individually and as Sheriff, etc., Captain Friday Blackwood, Individually and as Superintendent of the New Jail, etc., Captain John Brewer, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff, etc., Unknown Deputies Sheriff and Guards, etc., and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied November 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel R. Barrett, Jr., Barrett & Redick, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip D. Baltz, Nashville, for defendants-appellees.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 5, 1984.

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge, Middle Section.

This is a suit under the Governmental Tort Liability Act for damages for an assault upon plaintiff by a person alleged to have escaped from the Metropolitan Jail because of negligence of jail officials or employees. The suit against Metropolitan Government was dismissed by summary judgment, and plaintiff appealed.

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