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AUSTIN v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

684 S.W.2d 624 (1984)

Emmy AUSTIN and William L. Austin, Sr., As Next of Kin of William L. Austin, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Tennessee, County of Shelby, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied December 31, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wynn Smith, Patrick M. Ardis and Thomas J. Walsh, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. Ames, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for State of Tenn.

Thomas F. Johnston, Carl H. Langschmidt, William M. Walsh, Robert D. Flynn and Joe D. Spicer, Carroll C. Johnson, Eugene C. Gaerig, James R. Garts, Jr., Memphis, for defendants-appellees.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from the judgment of the trial court on a jury verdict for the defendants. Plaintiffs, Emmy Austin and William L. Austin, Sr., parents and next of kin of William L. Austin, Jr., deceased, sued the defendants for the wrongful death of their son resulting from the collapse of the Perkins Road Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 16, 1980. The State of Tennessee and Chickasaw Basin Authority as a corporate body were...

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