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BARRANCO v. JACKSON

690 S.W.2d 221 (1985)

Deborah Ann Jackson BARRANCO, as Natural Mother and Administratrix of the Estate of Terri Janet Jackson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard P. JACKSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Stroop, Gregory A. Keyser, Nashville, James Rea, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leo Bearman, Jr., Larry E. Killebrew, Memphis, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this case the Court is asked to modify or to abolish the rule of parental immunity in tort cases first adopted in this state in McKelvey v. McKelvey, 111 Tenn. 388, 77 S.W. 664 (1903), and followed thereafter in numerous cases.

Appellant insists that this rule should be modified in view of the action of the Court in Davis v. Davis, 657 S.W.2d 753 (Tenn. 1983) abolishing...

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