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NICHOLS v. ATNIP

844 S.W.2d 655 (1992)

William Edward NICHOLS and wife Donna Nichols, as next of kin and surviving parents of Andrew Edward Nichols, deceased, Plaintiffs/Appellants, and Ray Thomas Murphy and wife Mary Helen Murphy, as next of kin and surviving parents of Bryan Thomas Murphy, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Robert Roy ATNIP, Sr. and Guylene Mathis Atnip, Defendants/Appellees.

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

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied December 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall E. Duggin, Woodbury, for plaintiff/appellant William and Donna Nichols.

Douglas S. Hale, for plaintiff/appellant Ray and Mary Murphy.

David A. King, Nashville, Cornelius & Collins, Daniel H. Rader, III, Moore, Jones, Rader & Clift, Cookeville, Frank Buck, Smithville, for defendants/appellees.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 21, 1992.

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves two parents' liability for the negligence of their teenage son. The parents of two teenage boys who were killed by an intoxicated eighteen-year-old driver filed separate wrongful death actions against the driver's parents in the Circuit Court for DeKalb County alleging negligent supervision, negligent entrustment, and statutory...

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