WASTE MANAGEMENT v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL


15 S.W.3d 425 (1997)

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. OF TENNESSEE, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant/Appellant.

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

February 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus Gillis, III, Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett, Nashville, for the Plaintiff/Appellee.

Steven E. Anderson, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, for the Defendant/Appellant.


Published Pursuant to Tenn. Ct. App. R. 11.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, Jr., Judge.

This appeal stems from an incident in which a piece of broken telephone pole being dragged behind a garbage truck struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian sued the owner of the truck, the truck driver, and the telephone company in the Circuit Court for Davidson County. After the truck's owner settled all the pedestrian's claims, the trial court conducted a bench trial...

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