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BUTTERWORTH v. BUTTERWORTH

154 S.W.3d 79 (2005)

Amy BUTTERWORTH, et al. v. John BUTTERWORTH, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson, Heard at Franklin.

January 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan B. Thorp, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellants, John Butterworth and Chic Transportation, LLC.

Marvin A. Bienvenu, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Amy Butterworth.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., and ALLEN W. WALLACE, Sp.J. joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the doctrine of parental immunity bars recovery when a son is injured at his father's place of employment. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in creating a bright-line rule prohibiting the application of the doctrine...

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