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SMITH v. REED

944 S.W.2d 623 (1996)

Betty SMITH, Rachel Childress and the Play Center Nursery, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark REED and Melissa Reed, Kingsport Publishing Corp., Keith Wilson, Publisher, Kingsport Times-News, Tom Como, Managing Editor, Kingsport Times-News, Allison Mechem, Reporter, Kingsport Times-News, and Allison Mechem, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied May 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Mitchell Bryant, Jenne, Scott & Bryant, Cleveland, Karmen K. Campbell, How, Campbell & Lee, Sweetwater, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David W. Blankenship, Kingsport, David L. Marburger, Beth A. Brandon, Baker & Hostetler, for Defendants-Appellees.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action, the Trial Court granted summary judgment, and plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiff Smith is the owner of the Play Center Nursery daycare, and plaintiff Childress is an employee at the daycare. The Reeds filed criminal charges against the plaintiffs after they found blisters on the inside of their two year old son's mouth. The Reeds attributed those blisters to Ms. Smith's disciplining their son. She was...

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