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CRAWFORD v. BUCKNER

839 S.W.2d 754 (1992)

Linda M. CRAWFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Debra Gail BUCKNER, Larry Eugene Buckner, Tobe McKenzie, and McKenzie Development Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Franklin Chancey, Banks & Associates, Cleveland, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred M. Milligan, Milligan, Barry, Hensley & Evans, Chattanooga, for defendants-appellees.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, and Pamela Bingham Broussard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for intervenor-appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The determinative issue raised in this appeal is whether an exculpatory clause in a residential lease bars recovery against the landlord for negligence which causes the tenant injury. The trial court granted the landlords' motion for summary judgment, holding that the tenant's tort action was barred by the exculpatory clause. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Because we conclude that the...

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