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GORDON v. CITY OF HENDERSON

766 S.W.2d 784 (1989)

Bonita K. GORDON, Glynn A. Gordon, and William Garner, Suing Individually and as Next Friends of Jesse W. Garner, Crystal Renee Johnson, Lois Johnson Garner, and Lydia Russell, Appellants, v. CITY of HENDERSON, Tennessee and Henderson Fire Department, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

February 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Farmer, Spragins & Murchison, Jackson, for appellants.

Gayden Drew, Hill, Boren and Strickland, Jackson, J. Anthony Farmer, Ray, Farmer, Baumgartner and Eldridge, Knoxville, Amicus Curiae — Tennessee Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Russell Rice, Jr., Jackson, for appellees.

OPINION

COOPER, Judge.

The appeal was granted to test the action of the Court of Appeals in affirming the dismissal of plaintiffs' cause of action. According to the complaint, four residents of Henderson, Tennessee, died from smoke inhalation and asphyxiation on November 27, 1984, when a fire destroyed the home in which they were residing. The complaint filed was not detailed, but does allege that the deaths were proximately caused by the negligence of the...

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