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LAM v. SMITH

891 S.W.2d 207 (1994)

Doris Chu LAM and Herman Lam, individually and as next friend of Winnie Lam, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kimber M. SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan T. Bing, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James D. Causey, Jean E. Markowitz, Memphis, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

Doris Chu Lam, Herman Lam, and Winnie Lam appeal from the Court of Appeals' affirmance of the trial court's dismissal of their negligence action against Kimber Smith on statute of limitations grounds. The issue for our determination is whether the lower courts erred in holding that Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-111, the "suspension statute," was inapplicable and thus failed to toll the one-year statute of limitations because...

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