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SWEENEY v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

744 S.W.2d 905 (1987)

Maureen F. SWEENEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant-Appellee.

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

Permission to Appeal Denied January 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foy R. Devine, Devine & Morris, Atlanta, Ga., and Sidney W. Gilreath, Gilreath & Associates, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, John Knox Walkup, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., William K. Tomlinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant-appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 25, 1988.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This case involves a challenge to the sovereign immunity of the State of Tennessee and its departments or agencies. The appellant, Maureen Sweeney, was involved in a single-car accident on U.S. Highway 41A west of Sewanee, Tennessee, which left her paralyzed from the neck down. The driver of the automobile in which the appellant was a passenger lost control of...

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