TENNESSEE FARMERS MUT. INS. CO. v. FARMER


970 S.W.2d 453 (1998)

TENNESSEE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Joseph A. FARMER and wife Debra J. Farmer, Defendants/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norbert J. Slovis, Douglas C. Weinstein, Lockett, Slovis & Weaver, Knoxville, for Defendants/Appellants.

Robert W. Knolton, Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, Oak Ridge, for Plaintiff/Appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine whether or not the Court of Appeals erred in finding that the "Motion to Reconsider" filed by the defendant, Debra Farmer, was not sufficient to allow the trial court to retain jurisdiction. We conclude that the "Motion to Reconsider" was in substance a Rule 59.04, Tenn. R. Civ. P., motion to alter or amend the judgment which allowed the trial court to retain jurisdiction of the cause and which...

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