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HAYNES v. HAMILTON COUNTY

883 S.W.2d 606 (1994)

Kathleen HAYNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, Bobby Henson and Martha Henson Taylor, as Parents and Natural Guardians of Rebecca Ann Henson, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, David Scroggins, d/b/a Scroggins Used Cars, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAMILTON COUNTY, Tennessee, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Sauser, Luther, Anderson, Cleary & Ruth, P.C., Chattanooga, for appellants.

B. Stewart Jenkins, Jenkins & Bradshaw, Chattanooga, for appellant Kathleen Haynes.

Russell King, Chattanooga, for appellants Bobby Henson and Martha Henson Taylor.

Roger E. Jenne, Jenne, Scott & Sellers, Cleveland, for appellant David Scroggins.

O. Michael Carter, Sp. Counsel to Office of Hamilton County Atty., Chattanooga, for appellee.

John A. Day, Past President, TTLA, Nashville, J. Anthony Farmer, President, TTLA, R. Sadler Bailey, Member, TTLA, Memphis, for amicus curiae, Tenn. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Robert H. Watson, Jr., John C. Duffy, Watson, Hollow & Reeves, Knoxville, for amicus curiae, Tenn. Mun. League.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a high-speed police chase of a traffic violator which ended in tragedy when the violator's car crossed the center line out of control and collided with a third vehicle, killing all three teen-age occupants.

We granted this appeal to reconsider this Court's holding that law enforcement personnel are not liable for injuries resulting from an accident between a vehicle being pursued by the...

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