McGAUGHY v. CITY OF MEMPHIS


823 S.W.2d 209 (1991)

Elbert McGAUGHY and Mary Ann McGaughy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS and Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Defendants-Appellants, Jerry Neal MELTON and wife Emma Jean Melton, Individually and as Parents and Next Kin of Brian K. Melton, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS and Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Defendants-Appellants. Mrs. Esther ELROD, Individually and as Widow of Robert Elrod, Deceased, and Holly R. Elrod, (A Minor) by way of Next Friend and Mother, Esther Elrod, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS and Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Defendants-Appellants.

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

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied December 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Morris, Jr., William M. Jeter, Lucinda S. Murray, Robert A. Cox, Memphis, for MLG & W and City of Memphis Defendants-Appellants.

William A. Cohn, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellees, McGaughy.

Jerry B. Martin, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellees, Melton.

James O. Lockard, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellees, Elrod.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 2, 1991.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

Defendants, City of Memphis and Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division (hereinafter referred to as MLG & W or Defendants) appeal from the judgments of the trial court awarding money damages to plaintiffs in three cases (consolidated for trial) brought pursuant to the Governmental Tort Liability Act. Wrongful death actions were filed for the deaths of Brian...

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