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KENNEDY v. CITY OF SPRING CITY

780 S.W.2d 164 (1989)

Cynthia June KENNEDY, b/n/f Rita Faye Kennedy, and Rita Faye Kennedy, Individually, Next of Kin of Carlis Ray Kennedy, Deceased, Appellees, v. CITY OF SPRING CITY, Tennessee and Officer Clyde Henderson, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Watson, Jr., John C. Duffy, Watson, Reeves & Beeler, Knoxville, for appellants.

Roger L. Ridenour, Philip R. Crye, Jr., Ridenour & Ridenour, Clinton, for appellees.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This case involves the liability of a police officer, and the City by which he is employed, where injury or death arises out of a police pursuit of a suspected law violator.

Carlis Ray Kennedy sustained fatal injuries when the pickup truck he was driving was struck by an automobile driven by Richard L. Thomas, who was at the time being pursued by a police cruiser driven by Officer Clyde Henderson. Suit was brought by the next...

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